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Watson Wins Jeopardy Contest
NicknamesAreStupid writes "The word is in, Watson beats the two best Jeopardy players. Sure, it cost IBM four years and millions of dollars and requires a room full of hardware. In thirty years it will all fit in your pocket and cost $19.99. Resistance is futile; you will be trivialized."
The Battle of Okinawa
Oshawa Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian ace, and according to some sources, the top ace of the British Empire.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
no.. Watson didn't understand that HAVING a leg is not peculiar. Watson missed the negative, not the "phrasing in the form of a question"
Watson's answer was correct - he just didn't phrase it the way they want.
Ah, but the whole point of Watson was that it understand the nuances of human language. Context, phrasing, and so forth.
And technically, the answer was wrong -- there was nothing wrong with the gymnist's leg. It was that one leg was missing that was the problem.
An explanation of the Toronto gaffe by IBM.
no but Watson does.