Can a Computer Beat the Best Jeopardy! Players? - Page 2

kennyc · 02-12-2011, 09:05 PM

Hey thanks for that NPR link!

Hamlet53 · 02-15-2011, 08:18 PM

The computer beats the two best human players. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823782.html

kennyc · 02-15-2011, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

The computer beats the two best human players. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823782.html

Thanks for that! I was just about to post and say I'd watched the first two shows...final tomorrow and Watson firmly in the lead at this point!

MargaretLake · 02-15-2011, 09:09 PM

I think Watson is so far ahead because he can ring in with the answer faster. The other two players hardly had a chance to answer a question.

kennyc · 02-15-2011, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MargaretLake

I think Watson is so far ahead because he can ring in with the answer faster. The other two players hardly had a chance to answer a question.

Sure seemed a bit that way, but the computer is evaluating answers and assigning probabilities before ringing in....

Pretty amazing I think.

DixieGal · 02-15-2011, 10:09 PM

It is definitely the ability to ring in faster that put the computer in the lead. The questions are very dumbed down in this special series. So it can't be that they are too difficult for Ken and Brad.

Ervserver · 02-15-2011, 11:59 PM

Watson is computing the answer much faster, thus allowing him to ring quicker

rifraf · 02-16-2011, 07:21 AM

It is the end

Hamlet53 · 02-16-2011, 08:14 AM

This should be an interesting listen about this specific subject and AI in general:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/02/16/w...#disqus_thread

Brad Rutter, one of two Jeopardy champions to compete again Watson, will be there as well as a researcher from the IBM Watson project.

Hamlet53 · 02-16-2011, 12:22 PM

And Ken Jennings' observations from a broadcast yesterday: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundown...wn.php?prgId=5

kennyc · 02-16-2011, 01:18 PM

Computer crushes human 'Jeopardy!' champs (Update)

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-...dy-champs.html

HarryT · 02-16-2011, 01:31 PM

If the idea of this game is to supply a question to which the clue is the answer, some of the responses quoted in the article linked seem a little odd.

"What is narcolepsy?" is not a question to which someone would answer ""You just need a nap. You don't have this sleep disorder that can make sufferers nod off while standing up." Surely a more appropriate question to fit that answer would be something like "Am I suffering from narcolepsy?", wouldn't it?

HistoryWes · 02-16-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

It is definitely the ability to ring in faster that put the computer in the lead. The questions are very dumbed down in this special series. So it can't be that they are too difficult for Ken and Brad.

The questions are about on par with those of recent years. Overall, Jeopardy questions have become less academic and more connected to popular culture over the past decade. In some cases, they're downright gimicky.

I was really hoping for a human win, but at this point it doesn't look like that will happen.

kennyc · 02-16-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

If the idea of this game is to supply a question to which the clue is the answer, some of the responses quoted in the article linked seem a little odd.

"What is narcolepsy?" is not a question to which someone would answer ""You just need a nap. You don't have this sleep disorder that can make sufferers nod off while standing up." Surely a more appropriate question to fit that answer would be something like "Am I suffering from narcolepsy?", wouldn't it?

Part of what the game is, is wordplay. But the answer (question) is dependent on the category as well.

HarryT · 02-16-2011, 01:57 PM

OK, thanks. I've never seen it - I was just going on what the article said.

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Hey thanks for that NPR link!

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Hamlet53 Nameless Being	The computer beats the two best human players. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_823782.html

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MargaretLake Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 40000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Florida Device: Kindle	I think Watson is so far ahead because he can ring in with the answer faster. The other two players hardly had a chance to answer a question.

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	It is definitely the ability to ring in faster that put the computer in the lead. The questions are very dumbed down in this special series. So it can't be that they are too difficult for Ken and Brad.

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Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	Watson is computing the answer much faster, thus allowing him to ring quicker

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rifraf Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none, using Calibre for now	It is the end

02-16-2011, 08:14 AM	#24
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	This should be an interesting listen about this specific subject and AI in general: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/02/16/w...#disqus_thread Brad Rutter, one of two Jeopardy champions to compete again Watson, will be there as well as a researcher from the IBM Watson project.

02-16-2011, 12:22 PM	#25
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	And Ken Jennings' observations from a broadcast yesterday: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundown...wn.php?prgId=5

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Computer crushes human 'Jeopardy!' champs (Update) http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-...dy-champs.html

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If the idea of this game is to supply a question to which the clue is the answer, some of the responses quoted in the article linked seem a little odd. "What is narcolepsy?" is not a question to which someone would answer ""You just need a nap. You don't have this sleep disorder that can make sufferers nod off while standing up." Surely a more appropriate question to fit that answer would be something like "Am I suffering from narcolepsy?", wouldn't it?

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02-16-2011, 01:57 PM	#30
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	OK, thanks. I've never seen it - I was just going on what the article said.