IBM Declares Victory Over Human Intelligence (Identity)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, February 21, 2011, 14:26 (5023 days ago) @ dhw

Matt has drawn our attention to a major advance in AI, under the heading above:
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> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209661/IBM_s_Watson_s_ability_to_converse_is_a_... 
> The ability to converse is certainly a great advance for a computer, but "Victory Over Human Intelligence"? What age human?
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> However, here's an interesting extract:
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> Chu-Carroll said computers may be learning to use actual common sense over the next five to 10 years. 
> "I would like to see computers be more able to understand the world much better," she added. "We're trying to code rules of common sense knowledge. Rain is wet. Dogs are animals. We'd like to address this in a more scalable way. Maybe computers could learn some of this from reading books and use them to augment their knowledge."
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> Well, if computers can learn to use "actual common sense", that will certainly give them victory over many of the humans I know. Keep us posted.-Yeah... I left the title provocative for a reason. But your last line here is a howler!

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