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IBM Engineer Builds a Harry Potter Sorting Hat Using 'Watson' AI (thenextweb.com)
An anonymous reader writes: As America celebrates Father's Day, The Next Web reports on an IBM engineer who found a way to combine his daughters' interest in the Harry Potter series with an educational home technology project. Together they built a Hogwarts-style sorting hat -- which assigns its wearer into an appropriate residence house at the school of magic -- and it does it using IBM's cognitive computing platform Watson. "The hat uses Watson's Natural Language Classifier and Speech to Text to let the wearer simply talk to the hat, then be sorted according to what he or she says..." reports The Next Web. "Anderson coded the hat to pick up on words that fit the characteristics of each Hogwarts house, with brainy and cleverness going right into Ravenclaw's territory and honesty a recognized Hufflepuff attribute."
The hat's algorithm would place Stephen Hawking and Hillary Clinton into Ravenclaw, according to the article, while Donald Trump "was assigned to Gryffindor for his boldness -- but only with a 48 percent certainty."
The sorting hat talks, drawing its data directly from the IBM Cloud, and if you're interested in building your own, the IBM engineer has shared a tutorial online.
The hat's algorithm would place Stephen Hawking and Hillary Clinton into Ravenclaw, according to the article, while Donald Trump "was assigned to Gryffindor for his boldness -- but only with a 48 percent certainty."
The sorting hat talks, drawing its data directly from the IBM Cloud, and if you're interested in building your own, the IBM engineer has shared a tutorial online.
so I have no idea what that is.
Donald Trump "was assigned to Gryffindor for his boldness -- but only with a 48 percent certainty."
Sorting Hat: Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know. It's all here in your head. And Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, there's no doubt about that. No?
Trump: Please, please. Anything but Slytherin, anything but Slytherin.
Sorting Hat: Well if you're sure, better be... GRYFFINDOR!
Since in the books there are 50 characters which actually say something, this sound a like a clear case of overlearning.
So basically, Watson is used for nothing more than speech to text conversion? What colossal overkill. I suspect said engineer couldn't come up with a real idea but just really wanted to use Watson for something.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
He's an IBM engineer. He'll be let go in the next restructuring initiative.
Obviously Trump would be in Slytherin.
Its interesting how similar technology was developed for the Nazi's..
Watched the vid. Can't say I'm impressed. At all. "I'm evil and like snakes." Thinking...thinking...thinking... SLYTHERIN.
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW. Truly amazing. Lolololololol
Seems over kill for a speech to text and search function.
So Trump is Harry Potter grown up? Didn't see that twist coming.
Only someone living under a rock wouldn't know what a Potterverse sorting hat was. It's a very good series enjoyable by all ages.
For Donald Trump winning is more important that anything else, not truth or making clear what his plans are for the country. And some people like what is perceived a strong leader. He's just a bullshitter.
Apropos of nothing, I notice that Trump has seven positions, with a concrete plan of changes for each.
Hillary has 31 issues, which are all fuzzy and nondescript.
As a "for example"(*), we all know what Donald's position on immigration is. Here's an excerpt from Hillary's immigration reform issue:
Enact comprehensive immigration reform to create a pathway to citizenship, keep families together, and enable millions of workers to come out of the shadows.
Defend President Obama’s executive actions to provide deportation relief for DREAMers and parents of Americans and lawful residents, and extend those actions to additional persons with sympathetic cases if Congress refuses to act.
Promote naturalization and support immigrant integration.
End family detention and close private immigrant detention centers.
Notice the wording: she'll "Enact comprehensive immigration reform to create a pathway to citizenship". Nothing concrete, gives you a good feeling without saying anything specific.
If you want to "Promote naturalization and support immigrant integration", then vote for Hillary.
If you're worried that 11 million new job seekers suddenly on the market might make it hard for you to get by, then vote for Trump.
(*) I only used the immigration thing because everyone knows Donald's plan. Does anyone know what Hillary's position on tax reform is?
She has sold state secrets and favors for campaign money,
Reagan paid Iran to kidnap Americans. But it's only bad when the Democrats do it, right?
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Watson needs to get with the times. The only place Hillary is going is PRISON.
A bit of the problem I have with them is that occasionally people think some characters are inherently good or evil based on personal characteristics and even choices. Now some of this might be alleviated by attempts on Rowling's part to show that people from Hufflepuff aren't just boring as say Cedric Diggory was a reliable and competent wizard who almost won the cup, or that there is validity to people in Slytherin, such as Professor Slughorn, who was a decent chap for all his faults. And the Hat itself is hardly shown as biased. So there was an attempt to address the issue.
But when it comes down to it, I don't know if Rowling was up to it, Harry hangs out with Gryffindors, the sword saves the day, and winning the House Cup is a bit important.
Oh well, it's not like this is the only instance. The Five Colors of Magic. Star Wars. Star Trek. Full of questionable instances. But some of it can teach us a lesson, sometimes. Even when it's that lying bastard 0B1-KN0B.
Still me, when I learned about this House business? I'd like to think I'd send Dumbledore a rejection.
You aren't a label. You are yourself.
IBM engineer attempts to suck all the joy out of yet another thing his daughter used to take pleasure from.
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Donald Trump "was assigned to Gryffindor for his boldness -- but only with a 48 percent certainty.
At least Watson was more certain than the percentage of republicans that voted for him to be their nominee.
I'm thinking we vote for Trump to go the Gryffindor, Hillary ot go to jail and "None of the Above" for president. How much worse could Richard Pryor do than the choices we're going to have this fall anyhow.
Dude relax,
Trump was the only one to fit the meme, that is all. And its funny, lighten up a bit.
As I read your comment again I almost see quite an insult here towards me. You have no idea of my ideology. I do have a post that I purposely wrote to provoke a reaction with Hilary as president, check it out, got rated as flamebait. It was a mistake. She doesn't reflect my views, and neither does Trump. None of the candidates or parties reflect my views. If I had mod points for you I would rate you as flamebait for your post. Whoever gets elected in the fall, the world is not going to end. Its hard to keep political discussions civil here, I'll keep it toned down cause this isn't the place. But I would suggest again to see some humour in things, Life is easier that way.
Ronald Reagan has been deceased for a number of years. Were you somehow under the impression he was running for president?
There's plenty to complain about with regards to the current living presidential candidates without dredging up dirt against the dead.
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Fuck you, don't defend EditorDavid, he is straight garbage.
I'm not defending anyone. Read the books or see the movies and enjoy. It's way better than LOTR
Trump has been involved in more than 3500 court cases, including at least 169 Federal lawsuits. Everything from cheating workers to cheating investors. Seems like there's a theme.
SEE: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/we-investigated-donald-trump-is-named-in-at-least-169-federal-lawsuits/
What will they come up with next?
Ah, so he's excused of treason, once he's dead. Did you once complain about it while he was alive? This isn't about Reagan. This is about the Republican Double Standard. Where the issue is they don't want anyone else using their dirty tricks.
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And despite all that, I'd still rather have her in power than Trump.
A plan must be actionable to be a plan. His fantasy is not a plan. Actionable in the sense of possessing a legal method for implementation, including checks and balances from other branches of government and the whole messy issue of constitutionality.
This is why I despair of any intelligent conversation on this board.
Your blind obeisance to electing Hillary let's you say any damn thing you like, so long as it furthers your goal.
Her plan explicitly states that she will, in her own words, "Defend President Obama’s executive actions", widely recognized as making up legislation out of whole cloth, and explicitly contrary to existing legislation. (And 25 states sued to block him on it.)
You people keep pointing out how often Trump lies to the people, here's a perfect example of the lies that Clinton's supporters tell to the people.
The difference being, her lie will put millions of legitimate citizens out of a job.
You're an idiot.
And a coward.
Probably a paid blogger for the Clinton campaign.
Richard Nixon, Reagan, Bushes Senior and Junior...it really doesn't matter. When the person can be identified as both a Republican and a US President, you can automatically add a third title: War Criminal.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Ah, so he's excused of treason, once he's dead.
I guess you could still hang him, if you really need to that badly. Maybe in this current age of leftie rage the "beating a dead horse" idiom should be replaced with "beating a dead president".
Why don't you try to point out a Republican President since Dwight Eisenhower who doesn't deserve to be serving a life sentence for Crimes Against Humanity?
You can't.
And then, of course, there's the nasty little story that just won't go away about right wingers in the US government sabotaging Carter's efforts to recover the hostages in Iran. Sensible people call that treason.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
AI is so harmless look at all the cute things it does!
Lincoln did do some pretty fucked up stuff, yes.
You sound like a dickwad who thinks it's funny to act like an ass. How can you not know this stuff.
Assist.
You know that people are pardoned Posthumously, right?
People (especially famous) should certainly be convicted of crimes even after they're dead to put them in the right place.
If it turns out Mother Teresa secretly murders people for resources but only shows the nice one publically should be known for it.
That's because you're a gullible fool who believes the lies the establishment feeds you through the media.
scan your brain and auto-analyze your memory with no need to speak. this is the low-tech de-classified version.
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Accusing others is a cute way to deflect criticism instead of actually living up to the question. Even if you were right, it still does not discount anything I said, which is all true, and verifiable...even using your biased media. Again, it is sad that you can not own up to it. You are such a poor, deluded, shell of a person, you can not even recognize any faults by any candidate in your cult, I mean political party.
Although I am sure it is fun party conversation in the pathetic echo chamber that you exist in, but in reality, none of the presidents, democrat or republican are guilty of crimes against humanity. That is a very strong accusation and reflects a very twisted view of reality. History is replete with real human tragedy, and the fact that you think someone who disagrees with you about tax policy is on that level highlights the depths of your sheer will to live in ignorance.
Hillary did set up illegal servers. She did sell favors for campaign money to those who actually do commit crimes against humanity, and you are ok with it since you play for the same team.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
Accusing others is a cute way to deflect criticism instead of actually living up to the question. Even if you were right, it still does not discount anything I said, which is all true, and verifiable...even using your biased media. Again, it is sad that you can not own up to it. You are such a poor, deluded, shell of a person, you can not even recognize any faults by any candidate in your cult, I mean political party.
And BTW, Reagan did not pay Iran to kidnap Americans. He paid to get them back. Perhaps read something other than a blog.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
None of your statements are taken by fact by anything approaching a reputable source. I am sure there is a blogger in a basement somewhere who spewed what you wrote. Even Alex Jones would say your comments are from Crazy Town.
So, my dear slashdot, you modded a guy up for stating random, historically dishonest things supported by nothing....because it sounded strong and pro-liberal?
Game.
Set.
Match.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
You're 100% right about the mainstream news media being biased. It's actually a conservative bias, though...sorry you missed that basic fact.
And Clinton stood in front of a whole lynch mob of Republican drones and answered questions for hours. She emerged unscathed.
You should probably get used to saying it right now: "President Hillary Clinton".
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Do Slashdotters really not see the propaganda? whether you agree with Trump or Clinton or not is irrelevant, the fact that this article slips a political issue into an otherwise cool article about tech demonstrates how good propagandists are today, and how few people can spot it. C'mon Slashdotters, over 80% of propaganda is camouflaged in "entertainment". This is how you get fed with memes that make you have an emotional (that is to say, irrational) reaction without ever understanding the facts on any issue.
Once you take the Red Pill you can see the memes the propagandists use on each side. Articles are merely the false mustache that propagandists put on to disguise their payloads. Once you understand the favored memes of those that control the media, and those that edit it, you can see the strands of The Matrix designed to control you - without you ever thinking about the messages you are being bombarded with.
Everyone keeps looking for propagandists as guys with funny mustaches in snazzy uniforms - but modern propaganda is so much more advanced than that. The best propaganda is so good that people cannot even see it because they think it is "normal". Try watching movies or reading a newspaper and look at what information was hinted at, and even more importantly, what information was omitted. When you do this you can see how consistent the messages that are being pumped out are It is truly astounding when you finally see it.
If you can't yet see it dear Slashdotters it is not because it doesn't exist - it is like an optical illusion that your mind has to expand to see both ways. If you're not seeing the propaganda in this article (and thousands of others) yet then you just need to train your mind - and once you see it, you see it is so pervasive it is clearly not accidental.
Understand we are not headed for 1984, we are in 1984, and the reason we remain there is because most people not only cannot see the memes that control them, they do not want to see them.
Well, you know. Modern young ones were raised buy union public teachers who taught, literally, what a terrible president Reagan was.
When school capture allows raising of new generations to kowtowing to particular narratives, you have won. Very Soviet.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
"Hufflepuff!"
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
It's really just a corporate bias methinks. All of them, with slightly different flavors.
I'm not defending anyone. Read the books or see the movies and enjoy. It's way better than LOTR
Boo!
I'm not a member of any US political party, and I've voted in every election since '92, and never for the winner. Figure that one out. I think in all cases, I voted for #2 or #3, so never for Libertarian or other no-names.
But continue to label anyone who you don't like as the "enemy" and lie about their party affiliation.
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Kind of stupid. For the sorting hat you just need a binary decision tree, where you get questions until you arrive at a leaf node, which tells you the house. There are already many implementations of this. linux (i think bsdgames) has a animal guessing game, akinator is the web based version of this.
It's a kids thing, not a geek thing. Give it a rest.
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not everybody is into fantasy.
Only someone living under a rock wouldn't know what a Potterverse sorting hat was. It's a very good series enjoyable by all ages.
From the context I'm going to guess it's a hat that sort things. Please don't state opinions as facts. It's a kids series, enjoyed by kids and a little bit older kids who were kids when it started. It's about on par with the twilight 'saga'.
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She has sold state secrets and favors for campaign money,
Reagan paid Iran to kidnap Americans. But it's only bad when the Democrats do it, right?
Is he running again?
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Still better than Twilight.
Patents Drive Free Software as Hurricanes Drive Construction Industry
So how much did he pay?
Since you made that up lets at least have some numbers.
Zombie Reagan? Has my vote.
"Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
It doesn't even read minds? Even with Watson helping? Phththth!
Roll 1d4.
Dark Reflection
Really? And who got us into, and escalated the Vietnam war? JKF and Johnson. Far more americans died in Vietnam than Iraq and Afghanistan combined. You think there weren't "war crimes" in Vietnam? How about Clinton's scandals?
They've all got dirt, you're just a partisan hack Hillary shill.
There's no helping people like GP.
I'm mostly only here because I'm bored and waiting for 5 o'clock to come. This site is in my hosts file at home. Need to do something while keeping this chair warm. May as well come here and read closed-minded reactionary drivel.
GP said:
You are such a poor, deluded, shell of a person, you can not even recognize any faults by any candidate in your cult, I mean political party.
This is called projecting. The "shell of a person" part is very interesting. He really does believe you're some kind of devil worshipping mindless drone who's sold your soul to the devil. It's too bad he can't see he's talking about the person in the mirror, and he'll never be able to see that. His cult has brainwashed him so deeply that anybody who disagrees with his cult must have some ulterior motive and must be a "shell" without humanity.
He's probably worked very hard to get where he is in life, and now it's crumbling. He never was able to achieve what he wanted to achieve even after giving it 110% best effort. Now he feels like a shell. And it's all the fault of those devil worshipping leftists. He did everything right, just as his cult told him to, but, to quote Feynman when discussing cargo cults, "It doesn't work. No airplanes land." GP will never see the real reason for it all....
People like him are dangerous. They'll become even more dangerous if the worst of my predictions come true.
Dude, lighten the fuck up. It was a joke.
It appears you're the one who's demonstrating reflexive partisan bias. And you're right. Reflexive partisan bias like yours is why this site is in my hosts file at home as a reminder that when I type in this URL, I really ought to be finding something better to do. At the moment I'm keeping a chair warm.
Also, the amount you're describing what the person in your mirror must be like is astounding--perhaps except the stupid, lazy, ignorant, blablabla. I'm sure the person in your mirror is very intelligent and industrious. It's a damn shame this is the way things are going. Until you see just how brainwashed the person in the mirror is, you will never understand the real reason for the hardships you're facing.
Here's a hint: Clinton and Trump are both on the same team. Clinton will win in November with 40% of the popular vote. After that, you're free to keep blaming anybody who isn't in your cult for what happens next. Like I'm going to convince you otherwise.
The one thing I'll never understand is why people like you believe some of the most utterly insane things about the world around you. As a libertarian who happens to be homosexual, it's a damned shame that you've probably already determined I'm the enemy simply because I said "Imma homosexual." But I already know how dangerous people like you are. All I can do is tick the Johnson/Weld box, turn in my ballot, and hope like hell that what I've seen was just a synapse or too misfiring instead of a vision of the next 10 years.
After helping to kill millions, here you are spoiling the dreams of children.
Yep, the living ones are far worse. Every single President in my life time has been worse than the previous one, and with Trump and Hillary as potential successors to Obama, that trend has a 100% chance of continuing. Makes me wonder how long it will be before we have the 2nd Civil War, typified by food shipment sieges against the cities, as urban voter idiocy now overwhelms rural voter common sense.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Without commenting on Reagan one way or another... the dead should be held accountable to their actions, just like the living. We might not be able to punish them, but humans are social creatures and the judgement of your peers acts both as a deterrent to other would-be villains and consolation, however slight, for the victims, or in the other extreme inspiration for future heroes.
Also, for relatively recent leaders like Reagan, their influence is still with us. It would be hard to condemn - or praise - policies initiated by Reagan without commenting on the man himself. He might be dead, but his spirit still lingers, and one way or another we have to decide whether we want it to become a permanent part of our world, or seek to exorcise it.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
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That's not context, that's it's name...
If you think someone isn't free to have a different definition of "freedom" you may be a tyrant.
Funny thing, Harry Potter would be 36 this year, as he was born July 31, 1980.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
You mean like calling McCain old, but not allowing anyone to talk about Hillary's age this year even though she is only two years younger than McCain was?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Everyone who runs for president is old. I remember some comments on Joe Biden's age, and that McCain would have been the oldest president, but Hillary wouldn't, so that's actually a valid differentiation. Joe Biden isn't the oldest person to hold that office, but people were saying that we'd end up with a Gerry Ford situation.
Gerald Ford was the first and to date the only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected to either office. But I'm too young to remember those events first-hand. But if Biden were to die a week in, then Obama would select a non-elected VP, and when Obama gets assassinated, the VP would become president, after having won no elections.
Seriously, that was the age complaint against Joe Biden. At least as I remember it, and I'm old enough to remember that one.
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Funny how someone marked my comment redundant...
The main issue with McCain as I remember it was the way he moves. He walks like an 80-90 year old man. What the Dems of the time failed to understand is why he moves like that. The man was a POW, and was tortured. His joints are messed up because he nearly gave everything in service of this country. He should be being honored for it, not made fun of for it like he was back then.
It is wrong when anyone does it, it is even more wrong when it is ok for one side in a previous election, but suddenly terribly sexist in this election.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
There's a difference between age and old. Some people, like, say, Marisa Tomei may be 50+, but still looks younger than most 40-somethings and many 20-somethings. So she'd be unlikely to be condemned as "old" while others of the same age may have their age held against them. It's not your age, or risk of dying, but your "energy" and ability to take the stress and demands of the job.
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Again, no evidence. Just a flat out bald, stupid, incorrect statement filled with hyperbole. But, it says all liberal's are cool, so it must be correct, right?
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
Since in the US, for better or worse, there are two political parties. It is somewhat comical for you to take a high horse, and say you have voted for the second or third most popular. Funnier, that you rule out libertarian and no-names, when by your own admission, you voted for at least one no-name. It is easy to claim unbiased, harder to actually be that way. Even harder to be self-critical, which you are apparently not.
In any case, after all the comments and down-modding, there is still not one logical, referenced/defended comment that counters the initial assertion: that Hillary is more Slitherian than any of those listed. A rational person may not like Trump. However, only an irrational person can examine Ms. Clinton and pretend she does not have serious flaws. Flaws so great, that if she had an R by her name, instead of a D, most on these forums would be calling for prison, impeachment, or worse. The fact that you and others can not be that self-critical, means that for you politics is just a bad religion, and not grounded in any values or coherent thought. If it was, your ideology demands her rejection.
But, like authors of bad fan fiction, you defend anyone and anything that claims to be linked to the "cause", even if they are antithetical to the cause. What makes this even more sad is that Liberalism, as an ideology is very quite nobel. However, the modern idiots claiming to practice it are seldom actually doing so.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
1. you never actually defended the claim of treason, or stated what it was. However, hilariously, you were moved up for making a pro-liberal statement, without any defense, again. Bias much?
2. A tactic of communists, American Liberals, or the quite stupid, is to set up a straw man example, and then continue to attack it, instead of never actually addressing the core issue If your flawed hypothesis was correct, and all republicans were evil, why does this excuse a Liberal from behaving the same way? Hillary did commit those crimes. If you were as moral and true as you (falsely) believe yourself to be, then you would demand that she be purged from the ideology because she is acting like those "evil" other guys. But, since you are not very moral, true, or remotely intellectually honest, you will excuse any behavior, no matter how vile or in contradiction to your so called values, as long as she wears the same sports jersey.
This is what I find disgusting.It is not the ideology itself, but the weak, self-serving sycophants who seem drawn to it these days, but really do not believe in it.
"Liberalism is a very noble idea, currently controlled by some very bad people. Be sure you do not get the two confused.
But, like authors of bad fan fiction, you defend anyone and anything that claims to be linked to the "cause", even if they are antithetical to the cause.
Pointing out the hypocrisy of you isn't "defending" anyone. That's your problem. You are making illogical jumps about others, rather than actually paying attention to reality.
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1. I was modded down, not up. So, like the rest of your post, your facts are 100% wrong.
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