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X Prize and IBM Announce $5 Million Artificial Intelligence Competition (theverge.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the robot-building dept.

The X Prize Foundation and IBM have just announced a global X Prize competition focusing on artificial intelligence. Teams will take part in the "IBM Watson A.I. X Prize: A Cognitive Computing Competition" in hopes of taking home the $5 million prize. Registration will open at the end of May, and the competition will end at the end of the 2020 TED conference.

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  1. how will they know by turkeydance · · Score: 1

    that it's artificial and/or intelligent?

  2. Re:I have this neat AI called Ultimate TROn by Marginal+Coward · · Score: 1

    Now, if only there was a catchy shorter version of the name.

    I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

  3. A competition to harm humanity the most. by sethstorm · · Score: 1

    Given AI's ability to cause long-lasting harm (destruction speed > creation speed) across a multitude of professions, this might not exactly be the best thing for humanity.

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    1. Re:A competition to harm humanity the most. by Maritz · · Score: 1

      Humanity is a slowly-unfolding disaster. I wouldn't stress too much about somebody smarter showing up. Might give us that slice of perspective we're perpetually missing.

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  4. Re:Who is behind the curtain? by Maritz · · Score: 1

    Ethics. Video game journalism. Fuck, you lot are boring.

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  5. Winning conditions undefined by braindrainbahrain · · Score: 2

    The competition rules are beyond ambiguous, arbitrary, and subjective. According to the TFA, "...in past competitions, the X Prize Foundation typically laid out specific goals or requirements that had to be met. That's not the case this time around, because X Prize is allowing teams to define their own challenges." AI has plenty of competitions, some more or less formal (Turing test) and some informal (bragging rights for winning Jeopardy or a Go grand master), but this competition is meaningless.