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Watson and the progress of supercomputers

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Submitted by the.believer on Sun, 02/20/2011 - 11:19pm

I am speechless at the accuracy and speed of Watson. If I were just listening to this broad-casted on the radio, I would not recognize Watson as a supercomputer. I wonder whether an algorithm could be written so that the computer's random behavior (outcome) has the capacity to socially interact with humans and to learn from its experiences.

This clip speaks for itself:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFR3lOm_xhE

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