IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in Jeopardy practice round

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IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in Jeopardy practice round

#1 Broni

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Posted 11 February 2011 - 10:38 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/ibms-watson-supercomputer-destroys-all-humans-in-jeopardy-pract/

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So, in February IBM's Watson will be in an official Jeopardy tournament-style competition with titans of trivia Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.

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Posted 12 February 2011 - 09:15 PM

I cannot wait for this to get on the air!! I've been looking forward to it since it was first announced, because I'm a fanatical Jeopardy freak. This is going to be so cool!

I just watched the interview - OMG!!

2,000 processor cores... 15 Terabytes of RAM... 80 Teraflops of "performance..."

Can you say "HAL?" :hysterical:

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Posted 12 February 2011 - 10:17 PM

lol well if it says "hi dave" during the show, I am pulling out all my weaponry and running for the hills! :hysterical:

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Posted 12 February 2011 - 10:23 PM

Big "Jeopardy" fan here too

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 08:54 AM

It's the best program on television, IMO.

My husband calls me a smartass every night, because I usually manage to answer most of the clues watching the show. "Wheel of Fortune," (the kids love it), is more his speed... <_<

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 05:09 PM

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80 Teraflops of "performance..."

I have heard of almost all the other measurements of memory , but not "Teraflops" yet -

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 06:19 PM

noknojon, on 13 February 2011 - 05:09 PM, said:

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80 Teraflops of "performance..."

I have heard of almost all the other measurements of memory , but not "Teraflops" yet -

No, not memory - FLOPs are FLoating point OPerations, so it's mathematical performance, specifically of the FPU (Floating Point Unit).

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 06:22 PM

"supercomputer destroys all humans"

Isn't that what all computers/robots secretly want?

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 07:53 PM

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Posted 16 February 2011 - 08:07 AM

Watson kicked BUTT last night!

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Posted 16 February 2011 - 10:23 AM

Watson is pretty amazing I must say. I was impressed. Though when it repeated that one answer Ken Jennings had already tried, I had to giggle. That's computers for ya, "are you sure you want to continue?" I'm half expecting it to yell, SOMEONE PLEASE DEFRAG ME!

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Posted 16 February 2011 - 07:14 PM

MelissaPleases, on 12 February 2011 - 09:15 PM, said:

I2,000 processor cores... 15 Terabytes of RAM... 80 Teraflops of "performance..."

Arent those the specs of the BC big box?

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