The supercomputer Watson is able to respond to unexpected questions

In January, the supercomputer Watson beat live players in the game show «Jeopardy» (its Russian equivalent - "Custom Game"). In this game, questions are often based on the clever definitions and figurative meaning of various concepts, and the answer requires the development of associative thinking and broad-minded.

For machines provide a written version of the issue, decrypt the spoken language is not required. The computer can be used only by the fact that he had in mind - searching the Internet was banned.

In 2006, David Ferrucci, senior manager of IBM's semantic analysis, engaged in testing one of the most powerful supercomputers in the company. To test how well the car handles tasks Ferrucci asked her to answer 500 questions asked in a game show «Jeopardy». The result was disastrous - the number of correct answers is less than 15%.

Ferrucci interested in the reasons for the failure of a supercomputer in 2007 was able to convince management to enable it to undertake the development of a system capable of effectively responding to questions formalized. And here is the result - a computer beat live players.

It is expected that in the future these supercomputers will help physicians make the right decisions, taking into account the myriad of patient data, as well as the replacement of the operators in the computer and telephone services. Perhaps game with supercomputer foreshadow so-called "technological singularity" - a hypothetical explosive growth rate of technological progress, following the creation of artificial intelligence.

Source: www.nkj.ru

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