BTW it leaked today that Watson wins even though it gets the final question wrong.
Interesting, that Watson could not answer what practically every air traveler could answer regarding the Chicago Airports. Chicago was not even it's second or third choice. Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto is named after a WW1 air ace, but I see no second airport meeting the criteria. O'Hare is named after a WWII air ace and Medal of Honor winner. I do not fully recall the second airport clue completely.
I noticed that on a low probability question, Watson would not even ring in after the other two were wrong, where it had rung in first on a similar low probability. I take it it figured that with both others wrong there was no loss in not answering, whereas by taking the chance earlier it kept the others from answering if it were right. It does not appear that Watson reevaluates the wrong quesions by others to get a better handle on the right question. I also believe a human would have not been recognized for some of Watson's mispronunciations, such as Brute.
Paul in PA
I missed final jeopardy tonight. Did Watson miss the correct answer and lose his bet, but still win? How much was his final bet?
> A computer is only as smart as the person(s) who programmed it.
They said it would take a human 250 thousand years to learn all the information uploaded into Watson.
Got the final answer really wrong, but only bet a piddly amount.
I do not fully recall the second airport clue completely.
midway airport.?
ridiculous
Watson said Toronto.
Yet the category was U.S. Cities.
It was painful to watch for me, what's next? A man in a foot race with a car?
:coffee:
The Final Jeopardy stats from yesterday
Yesterday, at the end of double Jeopardy:
Ken had $2400
Brad had $5400
Watson had $36,681
The Final Jeopardy category was U.S. Cities.
The clue was:
Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle.
The answer was Chicago (O’Hare and Midway). I got it right.
Ken bet $2400, got it right and ended up with $4800.
Brad bet $5000, got it right and ended up with $10,400.
Watson bet $947, got it wrong (guessed Toronto) and ended up with $35,734.
I reiterate my belief that Watson has an electro-mechanical advantage ringing in.
The Final Jeopardy stats from yesterday
I guarantee it has an advantage with the ringing in, buy why wouldn't they let it have the advantage?
I was amused by the daily double wager of $$,635 or something like that. I would like to know the probability reasoning it used to reach that amount.
