Comment author: KatjaGrace 16 September 2014 01:21:45AM *  3 points [-]

What did you find least persuasive in this week's reading?

Comment author: RoboTeddy 16 September 2014 08:42:15AM 8 points [-]

"The train might not pause or even decelerate at Humanville Station. It is likely to swoosh right by." (p4)

There isn't much justification for this claim near where it's made. I could imagine it causing a reader to think that the author is prone to believing important things without much evidence -- or that he expects his readers to do so.

(It might help if the author noted that the topic is discussed in Chapter 4)

Comment author: KatjaGrace 16 September 2014 01:21:05AM 3 points [-]

Have you seen any demonstrations of AI which made a big impact on your expectations, or were particularly impressive?

Comment author: RoboTeddy 16 September 2014 08:06:44AM 2 points [-]

The youtube video "Building Watson - A Brief Overview of the DeepQA Project"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2H3DZ8rNc