I think Watson should say D'oh! (ala Homer Simpson) when Watson gets a wrong answer.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:27 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson On Tuesday, 02/15/2011 at 05:04 EST, Tom Huegel <tehue...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was just watching Jeopardy with Watson, IBM's 'thinking' computer. > Quite amazing even though his occasional misses are comical. There may be a PTF > available to fix that. > I wonder what the business justification was for building it. ibm.com/watson I find most fascinating the development of the Watson's understanding of the concepts of "important" and "context" through computer learning. The point being to develop new information systems that can sift through data and find patterns that can brought to bear on real-world problems. The PTF you mention is available, but I don't think it was used in the game. Watson does not hear the other contestants' answers. In the trials, his performance rose in a category when he was given the others' answers, wrong or right. (You'll recall that he repeated the incorrect answer "1920s".) At least Watson hasn't learned to blush when he's wrong (though his sun rays turn orange). Yet. 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
