Watson's "What isToronto?" Flub

Tunnelcat · Post by **Tunnelcat** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:13 pm

Thought I'd post this on the top level to make it easier to find. Watson's artificial intelligence researcher, Chris Welty, did a new interview about the infamous "What is Toronto" answer on Jeopardy. You can listen to the podcast at the IEEE Spectrum website. It's about 19 minutes long, but it explains the algorithms that Watson used to come up with it's "Toronto" answer. There is also an explanation of how the engineers think Watson can be used for applications in the future. Enjoy.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/at-wor ... is-toronto

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:58 pm

Thanks! I'll have to check that out later after my exam I'm studying for.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:40 pm

Interesting article, thanks for the link.

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:46 pm

I'm reminded of this:

(It gets relevant to the topic at 5:30 or so.)

Watson's "What isToronto?" Flub

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