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Over the past four years, a team of IBM scientists have set out to accomplish a grand challenge – build a computing system that rivals a human’s ability to answer questions posed in natural language with speed, accuracy and confidence.

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The computing system named Watson, will compete on Jeopardy! against the show’s two most successful and celebrated contestants - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter - on February 14, 15 and 16.

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Jeopardy! provides the ultimate challenge because the game’s clues involve analyzing subtle meaning, irony, riddles, and other complexities in which humans excel and computers traditionally do not.

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Watson's ability to understand the meaning and context of human language, and rapidly process information to find precise answers to complex questions, holds enormous potential to transform how computers help people accomplish tasks in business and their personal lives.

Ken Jennings (L), IBM Watson (C) and Brad Rutter (R) Courtesy of IBM / YouTube

Watson will enable people to rapidly find specific answers to complex questions.

Dr. David Ferrucci, Watson Principal Investigator, IBM Research. Courtesy of IBM / YouTube

The technology could be applied in areas such as healthcare, for accurately diagnosing patients, to improve online self-service help desks, to provide tourists and citizens with specific information regarding cities, prompt customer support via phone, and much more.


SOURCE: IBM

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IBM Watson Why Jeopardy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1c7s7-3fXI&feature  


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IBM and the Jeopardy Challenge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8&feature=channel  


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Watson Sparring Matches: Watson as a Competitor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kOEmupSHB8&feature=channel  


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Watson Sparring Matches: Pop Culture Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OTUQq-Ch0&feature=channel  


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IBM Watson: Computer Understands Natural Language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BflW1hQ4RwE&feature=channel  


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IBM Watson: Countdown to Jeopardy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP4Jc5rGT1A&feature=channel  


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IBM Watson: Watson After Jeopardy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmuETLeQcg&feature=channel  


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IBM Watson: Final Jeopardy! and the Future of Watson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI-M7O_bRNg&feature=channel  


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Perspectives on Watson: Customer Service

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFDxIyaiCE&feature=channel  


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Perspectives on Watson: Healthcare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWHG7DMLurE&feature=channel  


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Perspectives on Watson: Finance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV6mfWWMIVg&NR=1  


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IBM Watson: The Face of Watson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKM732oEek&feature=channel  


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Perspectives on Watson - Ambiguity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_429UIzN1JM&feature  


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Perspectives on Watson - I Want The Answer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PqaTxLEc-Y&feature  


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Perspectives on Watson - Witness to History

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A-JkZnA5f8M  



ASTROMAN Magazine – 2010.12.25

IBM's "Watson" Computing System to Challenge All Time Greatest Jeopardy! Champions

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