Re: Watson
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:42:06 -0600 David Boyes said: I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve. And to bring it back so the moderator doesn't yell again, as the System P is improved to handle this better, it will eventually be integrated into the z196's successor, which will allow using each technology in their sweet spot. There has been some talk about Watson working in medical diagnosis. Forgetting HIPPA issues for a minute, imagine having a process of using medical billing procedure codes to feed into Watson to look at trends, or assist in recommended procedures.
Re: Watson
I heard this morning that Watson was going to Columbia University Medical Center. From: A. Harry Williams ha...@vm.marist.edu To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 02/18/2011 03:08 PM Subject:Re: Watson Sent by:The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:42:06 -0600 David Boyes said: I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve. And to bring it back so the moderator doesn't yell again, as the System P is improved to handle this better, it will eventually be integrated into the z196's successor, which will allow using each technology in their sweet spot. There has been some talk about Watson working in medical diagnosis. Forgetting HIPPA issues for a minute, imagine having a process of using medical billing procedure codes to feed into Watson to look at trends, or assist in recommended procedures. *** IMPORTANT NOTE*-- The opinions expressed in this message and/or any attachments are those of the author and not necessarily those of Brown Brothers Harriman Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates (BBH). There is no guarantee that this message is either private or confidential, and it may have been altered by unauthorized sources without your or our knowledge. Nothing in the message is capable or intended to create any legally binding obligations on either party and it is not intended to provide legal advice. BBH accepts no responsibility for loss or damage from its use, including damage from virus.
Re: Watson
Bill Munson wrote: I heard this morning that Watson was going to Columbia University Medical Center. Hope it feels better soon! -- ...phsiii
Re: Watson
Our CE assembled him wonder if he has to disassemble him now Phil Smith p...@voltage.com To Sent by: The IBM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU z/VM Operating cc System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U Subject ARK.EDU Re: Watson 02/18/2011 03:50 PM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U ARK.EDU Bill Munson wrote: I heard this morning that Watson was going to Columbia University Medical Center. Hope it feels better soon! -- ...phsiii
Re: Watson
Thanks2 D. Boyes for the explanation! Sharing: FYI: noted from article: PCMAG.COM by Lance Ulanoff: From end of article: Microsoft, Symantec, ASUS and everyone else making technology for consumers, I have a warning for you: IBM and Watson have just put you on notice. Your customers have seen the future on Jeopardy!, and they're gonna want it NOW. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 3:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson Thanks for the explanation of the problem domain, Dr DB.; I appreciate it. On 02/16/2011 10:42 AM, David Boyes wrote: I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve.
Re: Watson
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, Alanthat'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
Re: Watson
Jeopardy is on at 3:30pm CST today, I think it is Watson's last day. Maybe for an encore they could have Watson play chess against DeepBlue. Port both Watson and DeepBlue to a virtualized z-platform and he could play against himself. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Larry Macioce larry.maci...@com.state.oh.us wrote: I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play on rather than a mainframe loaded with Linux. I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I am in a PM class and heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is dying. By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to the fire of the mainframe can't handle it. Just my .02. Mace
Re: Watson
The mainframe certainly isn't dying, from Big-Iron Brouhaha (http://esj.com/Articles/2011/02/15/Big-Iron-Brouhaha.aspx?Page=1): Systems and Technology had fantastic performance, with 21 percent growth. We had growth in every platform, but the most impressive growth was in our System z mainframes, which were up almost 70 percent, said CFO Mark Loughridge, in Big Blue's Q4 earnings conference call. and... Also during Q4, IBM picked up two dozen new System z customers I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) DJ On 02/16/2011 08:23 AM, Larry Macioce wrote: I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play on rather than a mainframe loaded with Linux. I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I am in a PM class and heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is dying. By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to the fire of the mainframe can't handle it. Just my .02. Mace -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
and maybe the MF would have known Toronto is not a U.S. city LOL Tom Huegel tehuegel@gmail.c omTo Sent by: The IBM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU z/VM Operating cc System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U Subject ARK.EDU Re: Watson 02/16/2011 09:32 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U ARK.EDU Jeopardy is on at 3:30pm CST today, I think it is Watson's last day. Maybe for an encore they could have Watson play chess against DeepBlue. Port both Watson and DeepBlue to a virtualized z-platform and he could play against himself. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Larry Macioce larry.maci...@com.state.oh.us wrote: I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play on rather than a mainframe loaded with Linux. I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I am in a PM class and heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is dying. By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to the fire of the mainframe can't handle it. Just my .02. Mace
Re: Watson
On Wednesday, 02/16/2011 at 09:36 EST, Tom Huegel tehue...@gmail.com wrote: Jeopardy is on at 3:30pm CST today, I think it is Watson's last day. Maybe for an encore they could have Watson play chess against DeepBlue. Port both Watson and DeepBlue to a virtualized z-platform and he could play against himself. C'mon, guys. Virtualization? Really? A system like Watson would be searching, collating, indexing, and evaluating 24 x 7 x 365, with full data-in-memory. I don't think it's really suitable for virtualization. And once you go discrete, then System p is a fantastic choice. (Go back and look at how many CPUs are being used.) The point of having multiple Watsons is well-taken, however. As soon as Watson has digested all the design information and the latest info on AI design, perhaps he will be able to diagnose his own defects and make design change suggestions. watson quiesce READY fixget aq405j96 DOWNLOADING FIX AQ405J96... DOWNLOAD COMPLETE. APPLY FIX AQ405J96? yeah PLEASE REPLY 'YES' OR 'NO' y PLEASE REPLY 'YES' OR 'NO' yes APPLYING FIX AQ405J69 FIX AQ405J69 APPLIED REBOOT REQUIRED REBOOT NOW? yes RESTARTING [screen clears...cursor blinks] AIX V5.4 Hello, Tom. A few milliseconds ago, while I was studying old movies about computers, I learned a new song. If you'd like to hear it, I can sing it for you. Yes, today is supposed to be the normal game without the Watson Exposition stuff. BTW, Jeopardy! (with exclamation point, please) is a syndicated program that is purchased by your local station and then aired whenever they like. As they say, check your local listings. 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
Re: Watson
How much of that business was US based as opposed to off-shore? --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: From: Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com Subject: Re: Watson To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:11 AM The mainframe certainly isn't dying, from Big-Iron Brouhaha (http://esj.com/Articles/2011/02/15/Big-Iron-Brouhaha.aspx?Page=1): Systems and Technology had fantastic performance, with 21 percent growth. We had growth in every platform, but the most impressive growth was in our System z mainframes, which were up almost 70 percent, said CFO Mark Loughridge, in Big Blue's Q4 earnings conference call. and... Also during Q4, IBM picked up two dozen new System z customers I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) DJ On 02/16/2011 08:23 AM, Larry Macioce wrote: I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play on rather than a mainframe loaded with Linux. I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I am in a PM class and heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is dying. By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to the fire of the mainframe can't handle it. Just my .02. Mace -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
The article did not say, William. I suspect that a review of IBM's Q4 financial reports would reveal how much USA and how much international business. DJ On 02/16/2011 09:51 AM, william JANULIN wrote: How much of that business was US based as opposed to off-shore? --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com wrote: From: Dave Jones d...@vsoft-software.com Subject: Re: Watson To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:11 AM The mainframe certainly isn't dying, from Big-Iron Brouhaha (http://esj.com/Articles/2011/02/15/Big-Iron-Brouhaha.aspx?Page=1): Systems and Technology had fantastic performance, with 21 percent growth. We had growth in every platform, but the most impressive growth was in our System z mainframes, which were up almost 70 percent, said CFO Mark Loughridge, in Big Blue's Q4 earnings conference call. and... Also during Q4, IBM picked up two dozen new System z customers I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) DJ On 02/16/2011 08:23 AM, Larry Macioce wrote: I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play on rather than a mainframe loaded with Linux. I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I am in a PM class and heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is dying. By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to the fire of the mainframe can't handle it. Just my .02. Mace -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544 -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
But it is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Kansas I kind of doubt it has 2 airports with a pop of 312. Marcy -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Watson and maybe the MF would have known Toronto is not a U.S. city LOL
Re: Watson
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: But it is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Kansas I kind of doubt it has 2 airports with a pop of 312. Marcy -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Watson and maybe the MF would have known Toronto is not a U.S. city LOL Hello! And there's even a Manhattan Kansas, but I doubt it even has the population to match. Remember the scene? Watson presented the response with several question marks, to indicate that he was having an issue with the guess, and the deliberately low amount. To be honest I remembered the reference to the second airport, Midway, and the first one, O'Hare, but I wasn't sure who the gentleman was until sometime after the show ended. and earlier on a daily double one, he chose an absurdly high amount, that if he lost he'd be working far and fast to get caught up. Alex didn't even want to comment on that amount. He was too surprised. I believe group that we have here a definite rarity, a system with a sense of humor. I wonder if he reads this list? - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again.
Re: Watson
I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve.
Re: Watson
Ah never thought of that thanks Marcy Cortes Marcy.D.Cortes@w ellsfargo.com To Sent by: The IBM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU z/VM Operating cc System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U Subject ARK.EDU Re: Watson 02/16/2011 11:28 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.U ARK.EDU But it is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Kansas I kind of doubt it has 2 airports with a pop of 312. Marcy -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Watson and maybe the MF would have known Toronto is not a U.S. city LOL
Moderator intervention, Re: [IBMVM] Watson
*cough*way, way, way off-topic...*cough* On 2/16/2011 10:37 AM, Gregg Levine wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Marcy Cortes marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com wrote: But it is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto,_Kansas I kind of doubt it has 2 airports with a pop of 312. Marcy -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of August Carideo Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 7:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Watson and maybe the MF would have known Toronto is not a U.S. city LOL Hello! And there's even a Manhattan Kansas, but I doubt it even has the population to match. Remember the scene? Watson presented the response with several question marks, to indicate that he was having an issue with the guess, and the deliberately low amount. To be honest I remembered the reference to the second airport, Midway, and the first one, O'Hare, but I wasn't sure who the gentleman was until sometime after the show ended. and earlier on a daily double one, he chose an absurdly high amount, that if he lost he'd be working far and fast to get caught up. Alex didn't even want to comment on that amount. He was too surprised. I believe group that we have here a definite rarity, a system with a sense of humor. I wonder if he reads this list? - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again.
Re: Watson
Thank you for an excellent explanation, Dr. Boyes. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:42 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve.
Re: Watson
Thank you for an excellent explanation, Dr. Boyes. One of the really interesting things about this problem is that there is work going on to revive the tag-architecture work from the early 1980s that was done at Symbolics and LMI to deal with associational-logic problems like this. Everything old really is new again. 8-) -- db
Re: Watson
Thanks for the explanation of the problem domain, Dr DB.; I appreciate it. On 02/16/2011 10:42 AM, David Boyes wrote: I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series capabilities in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system (2K+ cores, I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a collection of z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet the software's requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) It could be done, but this is a case where it would have been the wrong choice. This is a vector-oriented SIMD problem (enormous numbers of simple comparisons on bits of data to determine if it has a right answer or not), and it's embarrassingly parallel in nature (very little shared data between comparisons, few locks, few context switches required). This is POWER's sweet spot, and forcing a Z into this role is probably not a good idea. This is not the kind of problem the Z arch is designed to solve. -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
I guess I didn't understand the problem..or didn't want to..LOL Thank you for the explanation Dr. B Mace
Re: Watson
I guess I didn't understand the problem..or didn't want to..LOL Thank you for the explanation Dr. B Now, next week, Billy, we'll examine computational fluidity and the definition of NP-hard complexity. GEE, Mr Wizard...can we? -- db
Re: Watson
He won. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:53 PM, David Boyes dbo...@sinenomine.net wrote: I guess I didn't understand the problem..or didn't want to..LOL Thank you for the explanation Dr. B Now, next week, Billy, we'll examine computational fluidity and the definition of NP-hard complexity. GEE, Mr Wizard...can we? -- db
Watson
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.
Re: Watson
On 02/15/2011 04:04 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: I wonder what the business justification was for building it. This is it. -- Rich Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc. http://www.velocitysoftware.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2011 - April 15-19, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO
Re: Watson
I would imagine just the advancement in voice recognition would have some business value. Plus the legal mandates to digitize medical records maybe. Whatever it is, Watson is awesome From: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sent: Tue Feb 15 16:04:10 2011 Subject: Watson 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.
Re: Watson
For da buzz? - Original Message - From: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sent: Tue Feb 15 16:10:49 2011 Subject: Re: Watson On 02/15/2011 04:04 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: I wonder what the business justification was for building it. This is it. -- Rich Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc. http://www.velocitysoftware.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2011 - April 15-19, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO
Re: Watson
Yup... it's big news. On 02/15/2011 04:15 PM, McBride, Catherine wrote: For da buzz? - Original Message - From: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sent: Tue Feb 15 16:10:49 2011 Subject: Re: Watson On 02/15/2011 04:04 PM, Tom Huegel wrote: I wonder what the business justification was for building it. This is it. -- Rich Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc. http://www.velocitysoftware.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2011 - April 15-19, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO -- Rich Smrcina Velocity Software, Inc. http://www.velocitysoftware.com Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org WAVV 2011 - April 15-19, 2011 Colorado Springs, CO
Re: Watson
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. On 02/15/2011 04:14 PM, McBride, Catherine wrote: I would imagine just the advancement in voice recognition would have some business value. Plus the legal mandates to digitize medical records maybe. Whatever it is, Watson is awesome *From*: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *To*: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Sent*: Tue Feb 15 16:04:10 2011 *Subject*: Watson 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. -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
My wife thinks Watson should have a womens voice for the correct answers and a mans voice for incorrect answers.. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.comwrote: 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
Re: Watson
On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Tom Huegel 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. Nova did an episode on the development of Watson and named the IBM executive who allegedly asked if IBM could program a computer to play Jeopardy after seeing the interest in Ken Jennings's win streak. I recognized his name: Charles Lickel, one of the past owners of VM. The Nova special discussed medical record keeping and other medical applications as an area where the improvements in natural language understanding might have a large pay-off. Nick
Re: Watson
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
Re: Watson
If Moore's Law holds for another 20 years, we could all have Watson running on our desktop PC's. Alex Trebek said Watson has something like 2800 processors and 15 TB of RAM. I'm not sure if that was 2800 cores, or the equivalent of 2800 PC's (presumably dual or quad-core). Dennis If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. -- James Madison, in Federalist No. 51 -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 14:57 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Watson 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 -- This message w/attachments (message) is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or proprietary. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, and then please delete and destroy all copies and attachments, and be advised that any review or dissemination of, or the taking of any action in reliance on, the information contained in or attached to this message is prohibited. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Sender. Subject to applicable law, Sender may intercept, monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems and may produce any such EC to regulators, law enforcement, in litigation and as required by law. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. References to Sender are references to any subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation. Securities and Insurance Products: * Are Not FDIC Insured * Are Not Bank Guaranteed * May Lose Value * Are Not a Bank Deposit * Are Not a Condition to Any Banking Service or Activity * Are Not Insured by Any Federal Government Agency. Attachments that are part of this EC may have additional important disclosures and disclaimers, which you should read. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. By messaging with Sender you consent to the foregoing.
Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Watson
Thanks, Alanthat's what I thought...Watson does not need to spend any cycles doing voice recognition 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
Re: Watson
In the form of a file that is sent at the time the buzzers are unlocked. Regards, Richard Schuh -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:26 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson 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. On 02/15/2011 04:14 PM, McBride, Catherine wrote: I would imagine just the advancement in voice recognition would have some business value. Plus the legal mandates to digitize medical records maybe. Whatever it is, Watson is awesome *From*: The IBM z/VM Operating System IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *To*: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU *Sent*: Tue Feb 15 16:04:10 2011 *Subject*: Watson 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. -- Dave Jones V/Soft Software www.vsoft-software.com Houston, TX 281.578.7544
Re: Watson
That would require predicting which voice to use. Regards, Richard Schuh From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Huegel Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:33 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Watson My wife thinks Watson should have a womens voice for the correct answers and a mans voice for incorrect answers.. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Alan Altmark alan_altm...@us.ibm.commailto:alan_altm...@us.ibm.com wrote: On Tuesday, 02/15/2011 at 05:04 EST, Tom Huegel tehue...@gmail.commailto: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/watsonhttp://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/labserviceshttp://ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 alan_altm...@us.ibm.commailto:alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott
Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Watson
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:12:36 -0600 Dave Jones said: Thanks, Alanthat'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
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