http://lisahistory.net/wpds106/2011/04/03/video-essay-desk-set-1957/ a reincarnation of a previous posterous blog Sat, 20 Jul 2013 02:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://lisahistory.net/wpds106/2011/04/03/video-essay-desk-set-1957/#comment-54 Lisa M Lane Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:33:40 +0000 http://lisahistory.net/wpds106/?p=38#comment-54 I think the Watson thing fits into Bunny’s reassurance to Peg in this movie. Jeopardy is about fact retention rather than judgment, and is essentially based on mathematical formulations for answering properly. I actually still find Deep Blue winning the chess match to be more impressive in this regard.

]]> http://lisahistory.net/wpds106/2011/04/03/video-essay-desk-set-1957/#comment-53 Ed Webb Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:41:51 +0000 http://lisahistory.net/wpds106/?p=38#comment-53 Very nicely done. I totally want to see this. Of course, now that Watson can win Jeopardy, maybe it can replace knowledge workers, too. Interwebs + machine learning –> superlibrarian.

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