# Watson on Jeopardy **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 15, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927 "2011-02-15T15:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/1 "2011-02-15T15:32:06Z")
I wasn’t home last night so i’m watching the recording but this is pretty damn awesome. Its pretty damn amazing what these programmers were able to get this computer to do. For those who don’t know. Watson is a computer that was built to compete with 2 of jeopardy’s greatest champions. It receives the question via text format and then through its algorithms comes up with a confidence level on an answer. If that level reaches a certain threshold it activates an arm to press the buzzer. Its continuing tonight and tomorrow for those who want to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/2 "2011-02-15T15:35:55Z")
watson is brolic ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/3 "2011-02-15T18:15:41Z")
Yes Watson is beast. But still needs to learn Toronto is not a US city. ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/4 "2011-02-15T18:20:08Z")
fuck watson he can fill up my ass ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/5 "2011-02-15T18:23:32Z")
> [@How would you react?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-would-you-react/39701/12): > > Yes Watson is beast. > > But still needs to learn Toronto is not a US city. This…but his wagers were what killed me the most lol. ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/6 "2011-02-15T18:24:32Z")
$947??? ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/7 "2011-02-15T18:27:02Z")
Look that number on wikipedia…crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/8 "2011-02-15T18:32:25Z")
was pretty crazy. terminators. just saying. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/9 "2011-02-16T05:40:18Z")
Thats awesome ---
**Author:** ![Crazed98Camaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Crazed98Camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Crazed98Camaro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/10 "2011-02-16T08:28:10Z")
I’m a sophomore at Clarkson University and IBM was here yesterday for questions and then to watch the show. A few things my C++ class got out of them: Watson has: 2880 Power7 Cores (Your computer prolly has 2 or 4) 15 Terabytes of RAM (Yours prolly has 4 gigs) Can do 80 TRILLION operations a second Costs roughly $11-12 million Has been in the works for 4 years A pneumatic piston to push the buzzer has a built in handicap for how long it would take a human to push the buzzer. Watson is the size of 8 refrigerators and has its own air conditioning system. It is not linked up to the internet in any way, it stores all of its data in memory. It truly is amazing how it can take common language and interpret it. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/11 "2011-02-16T08:35:49Z")
> [@Year end / Christmas Bonus...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/year-end-christmas-bonus/39547/123): > > It truly is amazing how it can take common language and interpret it. Given enough data to work with for comparisons to get general rules from and enough processing power you can do a lot more than something this trivial. Now if they can get get it to pass a Turing test convincingly - that’d be something. > Watson is the size of 8 refrigerators and has its own air conditioning system. > It is not linked up to the internet in any way, it stores all of its data in memory. ![http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/blog/1950s-computer.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/4/44f962c68c99df456290214cd233e3de01d5dccc.jpeg) :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/12 "2011-02-16T08:41:45Z")
What did Watson get on his SAT’s? ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/13 "2011-02-16T08:44:10Z")
In for when Watson learns too much and becomes a killing machine ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/14 "2011-02-16T08:45:48Z")
> [@Careful out there tonight. Was just on the phone with my wife...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/careful-out-there-tonight-was-just-on-the-phone-with-my-wife/39674/20): > > In for when Watson learns too much and becomes a killing machine This. FUUUU ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/15 "2011-02-16T08:48:14Z")
> [@Careful out there tonight. Was just on the phone with my wife...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/careful-out-there-tonight-was-just-on-the-phone-with-my-wife/39674/20): > > In for when Watson learns too much and becomes a killing machine Connect him to the internet and BOOM you’ve got Skynet :ahh ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/16 "2011-02-16T08:53:06Z")
We’ll counter it with robocop, everyone knows robocop can beat terminator. ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/17 "2011-02-16T08:54:36Z")
as long as we use PJB as a base to build robocop ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/18 "2011-02-16T09:04:07Z")
> [@What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW \*Pics on page 2\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-the-difference-between-a-porcupine-and-a-bmw-pics-on-page-2/38954/66): > > Given enough data to work with for comparisons to get general rules from and enough processing power you can do a lot more than something this trivial. > Now if they can get get it to pass a Turing test convincingly - that’d be something. > > :rofl :lol What the hell are the steering wheels for? ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/19 "2011-02-16T09:07:09Z")
Playing the demo version of Gran Turismo of course. ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927/20 "2011-02-16T09:14:55Z")
> [@Year end / Christmas Bonus...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/year-end-christmas-bonus/39547/133): > > Playing the demo version of Gran Turismo of course. Truth. And you people think taking 6 years was too much for GT5… The above picture is from development of GT1. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watson-on-jeopardy/256927.md?page=2)