Wait til they teach Watson to lie. --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Jeopardy and Watson > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 12:30 PM > On 16/02/2011 11:07 a.m., Stephen > Russell wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Jerry Foote<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As I understand Watson is passed a question in the > form of a text string. A > >> number of questions come to my mind. > >> 1) When does Watson get question? The question is > spoken so the time between > >> when the sting is sent and the reader finishes > speaking gives Watson all > >> that time to look up results. > >> 2) Are questions phrased exactly as they appear in > lookup tables? > > ------------ > > > > 3) Does Watson have to fire a mechanical response to > signal in the answer? > > > > #2 I heard that it gets the same Q. > > > > It first dissects the "Answer" to attempt to gain how > to query. Is > > the Question about Literature, artists, places, > history. It then does > > multiple queries and scores the results to determine > the best > > "Question" and provide that winner. > > Ok, but remember... it is not about a bear dancing well, it > is about a > bear dancing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
