Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Philosophy Wire: IBM, Jeopardy and humans...

Philosophy Wire of Spiros Kakos [2010-12-15]: IBM made a computer which has the ability to distinguish the true meaning of words and will have it compete against human opponents in the famous TV show Jeopardy (source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/15/862736/ibm-will-compete-on-jeopardy.html).


In this game players are asked to find the question to a given answer. What questions can a computer think of beyond the ones it is programmed to? What kind of algorithm can simpulate the human mind which is inspired, which creates art, which puts heart above any reason?

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