Watson

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KWSN Checklist Send message Joined: 12 Aug 08 Posts: 253 Credit: 275,593,872 RAC: 0	Message 46125 - Posted: 10 Feb 2011, 4:02:30 UTC The trick of course is to do all the processing in real-time. Contestants, at least the successful ones, need to provide an answer in just a few seconds. When the software was run on a lone 2.6 GHz CPU, it took around 2 hours to process a typical Jeopardy clue -- not a very practical implementation. But when they parallelized the algorithms across the 2880-core Watson, they were able to cut the processing time from a couple of hours to between 2 and 6 seconds. More about Watson. ID: 46125 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

BladeD Send message Joined: 2 Nov 10 Posts: 731 Credit: 131,536,342 RAC: 0	Message 46529 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 3:45:53 UTC - in response to Message 46125. Yes, Watson was/is amazing! ID: 46529 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

The Gas Giant Send message Joined: 24 Dec 07 Posts: 1947 Credit: 240,884,648 RAC: 0	Message 46530 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 4:16:21 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2011, 4:16:56 UTC Yes and the trick is to hit the button first and then work out the answer. A computer is always much quicker than a human in hitting that button. But an amazing feat to be able to answer the question in 2 to 6 seconds. ID: 46530 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

banditwolf Send message Joined: 12 Nov 07 Posts: 2425 Credit: 524,164 RAC: 0	Message 46777 - Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 2:34:59 UTC Watson was able to respond (hit the button) immediately. Which was found out in the practice runs but they didn't work in a time delay. So in a way it was setup so Watson would win. Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected? If it makes sense, DON'T do it. ID: 46777 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote