Well, eventually it will have the transcript. This site is usually updated very quickly, so I woudl expect it within a day.
BTW, from a QA system point of view there was an interesting moment, where Watson repeated an incorrect answer given by Ken Jennings (and also got the question wrong of course). This is something that a human player would almost never do, and I think shows that the competitive nature of Jeopardy is rather different than a traditional QA setting, and in fact you can learn from your opponents mis-cues (in Jeopardy). It would be interesting to know (and I'm sure it will be revealed or maybe it already has been) if Watson is able to use opponent wrong answers in working out its own responses....I think a good human player tends to do that - you can almost see sometimes in Jeopardy where one wrong answer gives another play the right answer (in a kind of "oh yeah" moment). Well, let's see how things unfold! On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:02 PM, ted_pedersen <duluth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > BTW, you can see a transcript of the entire match at the Jeopardy > Archive... > > http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3575 > > > --- In nlpatumd@yahoogroups.com, "ted_pedersen" <duluthted@...> wrote: > > > > Obviously quite a lot of media coverage, but the following gives a quick > summary. > > > > In our poll, btw, Watson narrowly edged out Ken Jennings as the predicted > champion. And in fact Brad Rutter got zero votes! But, after the first day, > Brad Rutter and Watson are in a tie... > > > > > http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/on-jeopardy-watson-rallies-then-slips/?partner=rss&emc=rss > > > > ArtsBeat - New York Times Blog > > February 14, 2011, 9:09 pm > > On ‘Jeopardy,’ Watson Rallies, Then Slips > > By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS > > > > Two men stood on the bright blue set of “Jeopardy†Monday night, on > location in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., to begin a three-day competition against > a celebrity contestant: an IBM super computer named Watson. > > > > “You are about to witness what may prove to be an historic > competition,†said the host, Alex Trebek. “An exhibition match pitting an > IBM computer system against the two most celebrated and successful players > in ‘Jeopardy’ history.†> > > > In the first half of the competition, Watson raced ahead of the past > Jeopardy champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. It had $3,000, then $3,600 > and then $4,000 while the humans lingered down in the hundreds. > > > > Mr. Trebek cooed out a question: “’Bang bang’ his ‘silver hammer > came down upon her head.’†> > > > “What is Maxwell’s silver hammer,†Watson’s computerized voice > replied. > > > > Watson reeled off one correct answer after another. But then the computer > started to slip, and Mr. Rutter �" who holds the shows record for the most > winnings at $3.25 million�"came roaring back. > > > > > Watson even made a few mistakes. > > > > “Stylish elegance, or students who all graduated in the same year,†> the question read. > > > > “What is chic?†Watson replied. > > > > Wrong. > > > > “What is class?†Mr. Rutter said. > > > > Right. > > > > At the end of Monday’s round, Mr. Rutter and Watson were tied at $5,000 > each. Mr. Jennings, who holds Jeopardy’s longest winning streak of 74 > games, slunk off into the Wheel of Fortune time slot with only $2,000. The > winner of this three-day competition will be awarded $1 million. > > > > (Watson fans should nevertheless take heart: as Times technology reporter > John Markoff writes, as computers get more agile in mimicking what humans > do, the impact could be significant.) > > > > > -- Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse
