Did IBM learn nothing from the Urban Dictionary fiasco? The AP reports that the company is now sending Watson to college–specifically, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where the supercomputer will be studying up on both English and mathematics.
God knows what kinds of terrible habits and filthy language he’ll pick up there! Read More
In order to pass the Turing Test, a computer must display both emotional and intellectual behavior that’s almost indistinguishable from that of humans. IBM’s most famous supercomputer, Watson, is close, but first he must emulate one of humanity’s finer inventions: crazy Internet slang. YOLO! Read More
Beating the pants of humans in Jeopardy apparently wasn’t enough of challenge for IBM’s natural language super-computer, Watson.
Like all good doctors, Watson lives in the suburbs of Yorktown Heights a short train ride above Manhattan, where it is consuming Medline, Pubmed and just about every textbook it can get its hands on. Read More
