MichaelVassar comments on The $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cjb 30 July 2011 12:29:22AM *  10 points [-]

2011 has been a huge year for Artificial Intelligence. With the IBM computer Watson defeating two top Jeopardy! champions in February, it’s clear that the field is making steady progress.

Do people here generally think that this is true? I don't see much of an intersection between Watson and AI; it seems like a few machine learning algorithms that approach Jeopardy problems in an extremely artificial way, much like chess engines approach playing chess. (Are chess engines artificial intelligence too?)

Comment author: MichaelVassar 01 August 2011 02:59:51PM 9 points [-]

I actually do think it's a big deal, as well as being flashy, though not an extremely big deal. Something along the lines of the best narrow AI accomplishment of any given year and the flashiest of any given 3-5 year period.