The Resource Final Jeopardy : The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World, (electronic resource)
Final Jeopardy : The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The "charming and terrifying" story of IBM's breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the Business Week technology writer and author of The Numerati ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thought -- one that doesn't just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant web page, but understands and communicates with us. With the creation of Watson, IBM's Jeopardy! -playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal. In Final Jeopardy , Stephen Baker traces the arc of Watson's "life," from its birth in the IBM labs to its big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including Watson's eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how Watson's breakthroughs and the future of artificial intelligence could transform medicine, law, marketing, and even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up with new hypotheses. As fast and fun as the game itself, Final Jeopardy shows how smart machines will fit into our world -- and how they'll disrupt it. "The place to go if you're really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence." -- The Seattle Times "Like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine , Baker's book finds us at the dawn of a singularity. It's an excellent case study, and does good double duty as a Philip K. Dick scenario, too." -- Kirkus Reviews "Like a cross between Born Yesterday and 2001: A Space Odyssey , Baker's narrative is both . . an entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligence -- and a sobering glimpse of things to come." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Isbn
- 9780547519432
- Label
- Final Jeopardy : The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World
- Title
- Final Jeopardy
- Title remainder
- The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The "charming and terrifying" story of IBM's breakthrough in artificial intelligence, from the Business Week technology writer and author of The Numerati ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). For centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thought -- one that doesn't just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant web page, but understands and communicates with us. With the creation of Watson, IBM's Jeopardy! -playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal. In Final Jeopardy , Stephen Baker traces the arc of Watson's "life," from its birth in the IBM labs to its big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including Watson's eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how Watson's breakthroughs and the future of artificial intelligence could transform medicine, law, marketing, and even science itself, as machines process huge amounts of data at lightning speed, answer our questions, and possibly come up with new hypotheses. As fast and fun as the game itself, Final Jeopardy shows how smart machines will fit into our world -- and how they'll disrupt it. "The place to go if you're really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence." -- The Seattle Times "Like Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine , Baker's book finds us at the dawn of a singularity. It's an excellent case study, and does good double duty as a Philip K. Dick scenario, too." -- Kirkus Reviews "Like a cross between Born Yesterday and 2001: A Space Odyssey , Baker's narrative is both . . an entertaining romp through the field of artificial intelligence -- and a sobering glimpse of things to come." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review
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- CtWfDGI
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- 1955 November 15-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Baker, Stephen
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QA76.9.N38
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Artificial intelligence
- Database management
- Natural language processing (Computer science)
- Semantic computing
- Watson (Computer)
- Label
- Final Jeopardy : The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00032741
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780547519432
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other control number
- 9780547519432
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Final Jeopardy : The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00032741
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780547519432
- Isbn Type
- (epub)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other control number
- 9780547519432
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
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