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This document page appears to be an excerpt from a book or article titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?' (Page 8) discussing Artificial Intelligence. It specifically details IBM's creation of the 'Watson' computer, its database sources (Wikipedia, Britannica), and its successful 2011 appearance on the game show Jeopardy. While the content is strictly about AI and trivia questions, the page bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015698' stamp, indicating it was included in a document production to the House Oversight Committee, likely as part of a larger cache of evidence.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Philip Glass | Composer |
Mentioned in the context of computer-generated musical compositions compared to human art.
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| William Wilkinson | Author |
Mentioned in a Jeopardy question regarding his book 'An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia'.
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| Watson | AI Computer |
Personified as a contestant on Jeopardy; central subject of the text.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| IBM |
Creator of the Watson computer.
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| Encyclopedia Britannica |
Part of Watson's database.
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| Wikipedia |
Part of Watson's database.
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| Jeopardy |
Quiz show where Watson competed in 2011.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' at the bottom of the page.
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Key Quotes (3)
"There’s no question computers are gaining ground on us in certain mathematically oriented tasks – playing chess, musical composition, and various modeling tasks."Source
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"In 2011, Watson featured as a contestant on Jeopardy, the American quiz show, where it beat the two record-holding contestants"Source
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"Watson answered questions one and two correctly but failed on question three."Source
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8 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
Philip Glass. The compositions would get a reasonable technical score in an exam, better than many of my attempts, but are these compositions truly art?
There’s no question computers are gaining ground on us in certain mathematically oriented tasks – playing chess, musical composition, and various modeling tasks. But attempts to have them work with words and ideas have generally produced dismal results. Until now.
In 2008, IBM unveiled Watson: a computer capable of answering general knowledge questions. Watson has an enormous database of human knowledge: the Encyclopedia Britannica, a billion web pages, the entire text of Wikipedia and millions of books. It uses artificial intelligence to trawl through this vast reservoir of knowledge and answer questions using a statistical approach. In 2011, Watson featured as a contestant on Jeopardy, the American quiz show, where it beat the two record-holding contestants – the one with the highest number of wins and the one with most consecutive wins. Let me give you a few sample questions and see how you fare.
There’s no question computers are gaining ground on us in certain mathematically oriented tasks – playing chess, musical composition, and various modeling tasks. But attempts to have them work with words and ideas have generally produced dismal results. Until now.
In 2008, IBM unveiled Watson: a computer capable of answering general knowledge questions. Watson has an enormous database of human knowledge: the Encyclopedia Britannica, a billion web pages, the entire text of Wikipedia and millions of books. It uses artificial intelligence to trawl through this vast reservoir of knowledge and answer questions using a statistical approach. In 2011, Watson featured as a contestant on Jeopardy, the American quiz show, where it beat the two record-holding contestants – the one with the highest number of wins and the one with most consecutive wins. Let me give you a few sample questions and see how you fare.
Question 1. It can mean to develop gradually in the mind or to carry during pregnancy.
Question 2. William Wilkinson’s “An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia” inspired this author’s most famous Novel.
Question 3. Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle.
Watson answered questions one and two correctly but failed on question three. You can probably see the final question is posed in poorly structured English and this threw off Watson’s comprehension algorithm.
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