One year after IBM’s Watson defeated two of the greatest champions in Jeopardy history, the supercomputer is taking a …
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IBM Aims to Build Artificial Human Brain Within 10 Years
WATSON, it seems, was only the beginning.
Not content with building a computer that can win Jeopardy without breaking an electronic sweat, IBM has announced plans to create a “cognitive computer” that will simulate the same number of neurons as the human brain, yet run on less energy than the supercomputer that made Ken Jennings look …
Techland Interview: How IBM Is (Still) Changing the Way We Live
Nowadays, we’re used to hearing about technology companies appearing and disappearing in the blink of an eye, where the competitive dogma of the business world has many fighting for scraps just to stay alive.
Too often, it’s because these fat cow companies tend to rest on their laurels, chasing quick dollars after building scale (like …
Why I Want The Watson Computer to (Help) Take Care of My Baby
I became a dad a few months ago and remember clearly how nerve-racking the birth of my child was. And even once the (thankfully healthy) kid got here, you spend a lot of time operating in the dark about what might be happening if something goes wrong. As great as doctors and nurses are, they’re parsing innumerable variables when it comes …
Why I Would(n’t) Want to Build My Own Watson Jr.
For those of you who followed the Jeopardy! IBM Challenge and were amazed by Watson, the supercomputer that cleaned the floor with the best contestants in Jeopardy! history, here’s your chance to build your own machine. Master inventor (yes that’s his official title) and senior managing consultant for the IBM System Storage product line …
Why Did Watson Think Toronto Is A U.S. City on ‘Jeopardy!’?
For those of you watching the Jeopardy! IBM Challenge, you’re probably shocked that Watson, who cleaned the board last game, missed the “Final Jeopardy!” question. Not only did he completely guess wrong, he had an answer so off the mark it shocked the audience (and the neighbor’s north of the U.S.) In response to “Its largest airport is …
Before Watson: Five Great Man vs. Machine Battles in Comics
Long before Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter heroically took on IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy! to defend the honor of humanity against the vanguard of the inevitable robot uprising, comic book superheroes were battling evil computers and robots, and handing those metallic jerks their mechanical back panels. Here are five of the more memorable …
Jeopardy!’s Alex Trebek on Watson: “Holy Smokes, This Is Serious Stuff”
Meet Watson, Jeopardy!’s fiercest manmade competitor. The IBM machine made headlines after it was announced that the super computer would be competing on the quiz show against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, two of the most celebrated players in the television program’s history.
Watson has the unique ability to understand natural …
Meet Your ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants In This Week’s Men vs. Machine Match
You’ve probably heard all about Watson, the IBM computer that’s capable of understanding natural language. The advanced technology will be competing in Jeopardy against two of the world’s quickest minds from February 14 -16, and there’s a lot at stake with $1 million going to the first place winner, $300,000 going to second place and …
Jeopardy Computer Pits AI Skills Against Humanity
Meet Watson: a computer with artificial intelligence capable of understanding the nuances in human speech. Watson is so smart – and so knowledgeable about humanity – that it is going to take on the grand champions of Jeopardy, America’s favorite quiz show. But more on that later.
What Watson means in the greater scheme of things is …