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标题: BBC UKChina IBM supercomputer wins TV quiz: IBM 超级电脑击败人脑 [打印本页]

作者: 李武军 时间: 2011-6-26 16:27 标题: BBC UKChina IBM supercomputer wins TV quiz: IBM 超级电脑击败人脑

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Background: IBM超级电脑“沃森”(Watson) 击败了美国《危险边缘》节目历史上最成功的两位选手。被击败的两位选手其中一位在此之前是连赢74场比赛的纪录保持者。

In a split-second, Watson is able to digest the question and try and match it against huge amounts of information it has at its disposal. It very quickly assesses how good a match it thinks it has andbuzzes either very quickly, or not so quickly, reflecting how confident it is that it has the right answer.

Jeopardy is one of America's oldest and most popular quiz shows. But this time, inside the brightly-lit studio, a contestbilled as 'man versus machine' - the programme's producers pittedtwo of their most successful contestants ever against a computer. Known as Watson, the computer is a giant piece of hardware, equivalent in size to several fridges. And over three programmes, Watson beat his human contenders with ease.

Watson is also able to notice nuances in language, between say 'bat' the animal and 'bat' used in sports. On a prime-time US TV show with millions of viewers it was great publicity for IBM. But the company says Watson the computer is an IT genius and a breakthrough in computing.

作者: 雨落风残 时间: 2011-7-12 13:01

bill v 宣布, 贴广告

split-second adj 瞬间发生的,刹那间发生的

at its disposal 任意支配

nuances 多样化的细微差别

prime time n (广播电视)黄金时间

No matter how smart and intelligent the computers are, they the creation of human beings,which only illustrates that the human beings are more powerful.

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