Watson Jeopardy Essay

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I do not think there was anything wrong with using Jeopardy to test Watson’s intelligence. Was it the best way to do so? Maybe; maybe not. Any testing method could be valid or “good” as long as it showed Watson’s capabilities or any other results that IBM was looking for. In the case of Jeopardy, it seems like the trial went exceedingly well. Watson managed to defeat Jeopardy’s two winningest contestants in history by more than three times either of their scores (immensemail, 2011). This was a great showing for Watson’s capabilities, and this gave IBM both confidence in their product and a great starting point for advanced AI functions in deep analytics.

I do not think that Watson is a good example of a computer system demonstrating intelligence similar to that of a human. I think Watson is a …show more content…

Watson’s computing power with analytics is unrivaled in the private sector. With information like customer details, product information, and service information, Watson’s power might seem like overkill, but if used for up-selling or automated special offers for customers, its ability to log customer actions, identify trends in responses (be they either action or inaction, and if action, specifics), and adjust its future interactions and or communications with customers could be largely profitable for the company with enough resources to employ it. To employ Watson-like power, a business would, first, need a large sum of money to build the system. After that, they would need the facilities to maintain, store, operate, cool, and clean the servers – they would need their own server warehouse. Currently, this is probably not viable for most businesses. Advances in technology, making computing power come in even smaller packages that emit less heat and draw less power, and significant reductions in price would be required before most businesses would likely make use of this kind of

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