I thought Watson did very well on questions that a human could answer with Google. Not so much on things that required making an inference. The "Toronto" gaffe shows he needs a couple more PTFs. Wonder how Watson would do on a fully configured z/196.
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System on behalf of A. Harry Williams Sent: Tue 2/15/2011 9:04 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Watson On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:12:36 -0600 Dave Jones said: >Thanks, Alan....that's what I thought...Watson does not need to spend >any cycles doing voice recognition.... > http://ibmresearchnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-watson-sees-hears-and-speaks-to.html >Unfortunately, here in the Houston market, Jeopardy! isn't shown on KHOU >until 11:30PM, way past my bedtime. > >DJ > >On 02/15/2011 04:57 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: >> On Tuesday, 02/15/2011 at 05:26 EST, Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> >> wrote: >>> Does Watson use voice recognition? I was under the impression that the >>> questions are made available to him (it?, them?) in a computer readable >>> format. >> >> No. He receives a text message at the same time (FVVO "same", I suppose) >> as the contestants see it. >> >> Alan Altmark >> >> z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant >> IBM System Lab Services and Training >> ibm.com/systems/services/labservices >> office: 607.429.3323 >> alan_altm...@us.ibm.com >> IBM Endicott >> > >-- >Dave Jones >V/Soft Software >www.vsoft-software.com >Houston, TX >281.578.7544
