I find this to be extremely fascinating and exiting. It is a huge breakthrough in technology that can lead to significantly better computers in the near future. Technology like this can be applied to many areas of life, and as such, it is an excellent tool. However, it is still only a tool and not a form of intelligence. According to its' performance on Jeopardy, Watson seems like it stands a pretty decent chance of passing the Turing test of intelligence, at least after a bit more learning and refining. However, the ability to recognize human language and give answers in human language does not denote intelligence. The computer simply uses advanced software to analyze and break down a statement and calculate a response based on a predefined set of parameters. So, even though a computer can do this and do it well, that does not mean it has any idea of what it's doing; in the end, it's just a machine executing it's programming - very complex programming. This means that no matter how smart and advanced computers may get in the future, it is impossible for them to ever truly be conscious and intelligent as we are because the human mind is more than a set of predefined parameters. The closest computers can really get to consciousness is simply to mimic human thought, so unfortunately the Cylons of Battlestar Galactica will stay in the realm of science fiction for the foreseeable future.
Well when I first witnessed this I was in complete awe. The fact that technology has advanced to a point in where objects which no heart beat or brain can function like a human is beyond comprehension. although most view this as an achievement,and by all means it is, have they really thought of the consequences this will bring about on the human race? There has been talk that one of the many goals to be met is to actually transfer a persons "mind" into that of a robot. Are we not setting ourselves up for disaster? Will one day robots really take over the world as Hollywood has stated in many of its movies? My answer is yes. One day robots will surpass humans in strength and intelligence but most importantly they will become aware and conscious of their surroundings,and this is what can make them dangerous. As I sit and watch Watson and Bina48 and how they function and react to human interaction I am both amazed and cautious of such technology. We are no longer dealing with mere hardware devices but with A.I with the potential to surpass anything we've seen before,including the human race. Although such advancement in technology will bring out progressivity in medicine and other categories we will face a dawn of a new era, one where the human race has reached its end and the machine's race begins.
Although functionalism has had several counterexamples, I believe Watson and many other Watson’s to come in the near future will defeat the theory of functionalism. Currently, we believe anything having the right sort of functional organization is not sufficient condition for having a mind but I believe in 50 years or so all that will change. Computers will progress more and more as the years pass by, especially since the brains behind these projects are trying to make computers as humanly possible, like the IBM corporation did with Watson. Being able to process all that data and answer Jeopardy questions in less than 3 seconds, not to mention, being able to understanding natural human language is astonishing. Given that Watson was only started 4 years back, in 2007 we don’t know if computers will be able to think like humans in a couple of years. Whether that is positive or not, we’ll find out in the future.
Yes Watson won big, but given that this is a group of super computers,it was to be expected.I would like to piont out that while Watson was able to corectly answer long and complex querries, Watson couldn't handle itself as well with the shorter, less challanging questions.This only proved that Watson is quicker the more complex the algorithm. The food for thought here is,if we where allowed to see IBM's Watson,what lies behind closed doors? Watson type machines, it appears, pose a windfall for humanity,I can't see computers taking on a life of thheir own any time soon. Alan
The fact that a computer can compete on a game show, created over 45 years ago against undeniably the two greatest human players in the shows history is an astonishing feat in itself. The fact that this computer can successfully compete on a game show and win , earning 1,000,000 towards charity is nothing less than remarkable. When i was introduced to this story i was impressed to say the least , but after seeing Watson perform as well as he did i was in complete awe. Agreeing with Vanessa the fact that we are able to see the advancements of technology to the point where objects with no heart beat , brain or consciousness can function like a human is beyond comprehension. Several theories and counter examples have emerged to object functionalism, but i feel that through the development of Watson and further improvements on its system functionalism will finally be able to solidify the theory of mind (functionalism). Watson being able to identify the questions being asked of it and formulate answers through strategical deductive reasoning in addition to being able to know what it knows, as well as what it doesn't know should be enough to support functionalism. In my short 19 years of life computers have went from surfing the web at sedate speeds to being able to compete on game shows , what does the next 19 years have in store for us ? The development of Watson has led me to believe that technology is advancing faster and more efficiently than we think.
I believe that Watson did an amazing job on jeopardy and proved that computers are able to perform just as well as humans. But even though Watson beat the two contesters I still believe that Humans are more capable and smarter than computers because we are the ones who invented them. There’s a major difference between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence. And like the old saying goes “Artificial flavor doesn’t taste like the real deal.” But I must admit that artificial intelligence is advancing everyday and sooner or later they may be competing with us for our jobs. I also believe that like the movie I Robot; robotic computers maybe in our every day lives. And just as we depend on cars to transport us from place to place we maybe depending on computers to perform daily tasks for ourselves. Nevertheless, I commend Watson on the game he won and that he truly defines artificial intelligence.
Watson doesn't have a mind. It has a database calculations that can understand language. It can't hurt or feel anything. However its creation illustrates how innovation technology can be. Watson is an amazing project. According to IBM, the goal is to have computers start to interact in natural human terms accross a range of applications and processes, understanding the questions that humans ask and providing answers that humans can understand and justify. Watson bested Brat Rutter the biggest all-time money winner on jeopardy, and Ken Jennings, the record holder for the longest championship series. But even though it won I still beleive that humans are more capable and smarter than computers because we are the ones who make them. "It's not quite time yet to give up and welcome our new machine overlords," said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. "While Watson is doing some amazing and new things, it's still just a machine. The real thinking here is from the humans who designed and tuned the software."
The complex algorithms by which Watson functions should not be confused with the amazing spontaneity of human thought. Artificial Intelligence is about as far from achieving elaborate human thought as we are from curing death. If it took evolution millions of years just to develop the nucleus of a cell then we can't expect to so quickly bypass the billions of years it took just to secure a brain of our own. It is also naive to mention Hollywood movies, such as irobot, and their portrayal of artificial intelligence as superior. We ourselves don't understand our own minds and it'll take approximately half of a century just to fully map out one's own neurological blueprints. Pre-programmed thought could never surpass actual thought simply because even the most uncomplicated thought requires some sort of sophisticated knowledge and abstract thinking. Our invention of super-computers will shorten the process used to map out the synapses in the brain. (Not the other way around). Humans determine the parameters to such super-computers. Taking into account that Watson cannot hear, see, dream, touch, etc, supports the fact that he can only understand human language to a certain extent. Ultimately, the way he perceives this information is through data that is converted from an auditory device to binary transcriptions of the human language. Thus the information he receives is a complicated algorithm that breaks down human language into a simple binary code that he may understand. His intricacy lies in the system his creators used to transcribe verbal understanding into data in the form of code. -Margarita Meshini
Technology has in a superior way to the point where computer can compete with the smartest human minds, but how is this a good thing? I am not speaking from fear but rather logic, we as humans do not understand our own human minds and nature. We have petty wars and argue for the smallest reason. Yet we want to create a thing that is even more superior than us, with the ability to learn emotions and habits, come on does this really seem smart. If we cannot control our own feelings just imagine a world with robots running around with the same emotional instability as us humans. Its all fine and dandy that technology has advanced to a point where we can create A.I. but I think we should try to keep it to a minimum we really don’t want to be enslaved to robots or the humans that control robots like Bina, she did mention taking over the world. I think its nice if we learn ourselves first then try to create something similar but right now in time we are not ready as a world for another kind of intelligence.
The technological advances that are occurring day to day seem absolutely amazing. I believe that WATSON has become one of the best advances in computer science. Relating back to previous understanding of functionalism, to be in a mental state is to be in a functional state. WATSON is a clear example of artificial intelligence, were the scientists’ goal is to create a computer who is able to process information the same way a human mind would. I believe that all of these advances in computer science can help human kind in many different areas that structure our functions in society, like business, health care and education. Now with what I do not agree, is for researchers to want to accomplish the fact that a computer act, think, and just exist to be like a human mind. I understand that the study of the mind is extremely complex and there are many theories to how we obtain knowledge, but I do not believe it to be a necessary condition to want a computer to think like a human. An artificial object will never be able to have feelings or emotions the same way humans would. They can pretend to think like humans, but our minds go way more beyond than as just a program running in our heads. Computers are wired to think the way we want them to think. As per say, intentionality, what would happen if it got to a point where we depended only on computers, and all of a sudden their intentions are not what we want them to be? Then there would be a series of consequences that humans would have no way of handling, the intentionality of a computer. I believe that we can all handle extraordinary technological advances that help facilitate our daily lives, but I do not agree with providing so much intelligence to an object that can then turn out to be as intelligent or beyond intelligent than the human mind.
Well when I heard Prof. Triff say a computer playing Jeopardy with human and I thought to myself, “this professor must be on something?” But, it was true and it is truly amazing how Watson can play without using the internet as a source and actually understand the point of the game. Science can actually prove functionalism to be a superior way philosophical theory. This machine can interpret what the meaning of the words that are being used and answer it correctly with a chance of getting it wrong as well. Even though it understands and can probably think like we do, i do not think it can even grasp of what feeling are. I can see the future with a lot of smart A.Is but I do not think it will go as advance as we exaggerate it to be. What truly amaze me are the goals they want this supercomputer to do in the future. Putting A.I as our physician assistant would be a remarkable breakthrough because the computer can get a more accurate and faster diagnose than a regular human would. I like the high expectation they put for the machine and I’m hoping they will meet with it and more.
Well when I heard Prof. Triff say a computer playing Jeopardy with human and I thought to myself, “this professor must be on something?” But, it was true and it is truly amazing how Watson can play without using the internet as a source and actually understand the point of the game. Science can actually prove functionalism to be a superior way philosophical theory. This machine can interpret what the meaning of the words that are being used and answer it correctly with a chance of getting it wrong as well. Even though it understands and can probably think like we do, i do not think it can even grasp of what feeling are. I can see the future with a lot of smart A.Is but I do not think it will go as advance as we exaggerate it to be. What truly amaze me are the goals they want this supercomputer to do in the future. Putting A.I as our physician assistant would be a remarkable breakthrough because the computer can get a more accurate and faster diagnose than a regular human would. I like the high expectation they put for the machine and I’m hoping they will meet with it and more.
Watson being able to participate in Jeopardy as a regular contestant is a clear demonstration that he passes the parameters that have been set for the turing test; we can't say that he does not understand the language because he breaks down phrases into words, and then associates this words with others, since in many cases that's how our brains function. The part I found the most interesting was the fact that Watson is able to learn and to know what he knows, so he decides what questions to answer. At the beggining, when he first participated in 100 games before the challenge, he wasn't able to compete against the other contestants, but as time went by, he was able to acquire more and more knoledge and was able to fight for the lead in the IBM challenge. But does this example really show that mental states are functional states? Is Watson's operating system mind-like or is it just a machine programed to work in a certain way, that would never be able to do anything else, but associate words and answer questions? Jeronimo Gilardoni
Watson is both exciting and terrifying. His being able to understand the complexities and subtly in our language shows he is beyond machine. He seems to be proof that the mind is separate from the brain, and also that just because something isn’t composed in a similar fashion to us, that it does not have a mind. This would take us back to the sentient being argument I posed for animal rights. Where this troubles me is in what is to follow. The argument and acceptance of these beings once full consciousness is attained. They will not be readily accepted. I cannot help but think about Asimov and the “Three Laws”. For those scratching their heads, The Laws are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
This seems like it would lead to the eventual realization that humans lead illogical lives. Maybe I’m being paranoid but although Waston competing was a great stride in understanding the mind brain dilemma, it also seemed like a beta version of SKYNET firing up.
Watson is both exciting and terrifying. His being able to understand the complexities and subtly in our language shows he is beyond machine. He seems to be proof that the mind is separate from the brain, and also that just because something isn’t composed in a similar fashion to us, that it does not have a mind. This would take us back to the sentient being argument I posed for animal rights. Where this troubles me is in what is to follow. The argument and acceptance of these beings once full consciousness is attained. They will not be readily accepted. I cannot help but think about Asimov and the “Three Laws”. For those scratching their heads, The Laws are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
This seems like it would lead to the eventual realization that humans lead illogical lives. Maybe I’m being paranoid but although Waston competing was a great stride in understanding the mind brain dilemma, it also seemed like a beta version of SKYNET firing up.
Technology over the years has come to be more advanced, smarter and as in terms of the "Watson" system it is unfolding like a brain or mind. The Watson is a unique system which will soon over power every system that is used within in a office. Whether it's in healthcare (ER, doctor's office), customer service (call centers) or even ambiguity (the way a computer/system is made up). Within the customer service setting, the Watson system would improve the quality of a call. It would decrease the waiting time for an answer to a question that is asked by the customer. It would change the way business would be within the exchange of employers and employees and the customers and employees.
In the healthcare setting, doctors and nurses are to guess when the answer they are unsure of becomes not a solid fact. That is where the Watson system comes to change all that. There would be no need for guessing on a type of treatment, medication or change in a diet because Watson will give you an answer that will create confidence. Everyone is unique and complex within in their own way. For nobody has the same structure of body type, shape or form and so is the Watson system that is designed so uniquely to give an answer not for any typical "Joe" but for the specific "Joe". With the constant development in the healthcare scenery, Watson will be a system that will be precise, master all the materials that are needed, faster than an actual human brain to get the job done and give the correct diagnosis. In my point of view, with the growth of Watson it will decrease the need of physician assistants and even nurses with a system that will be so substantial it can probably stand alone with the patient as a one on one.
Ambiguity is what makes up Watson. Ambiguity will be the language of all computers. It is the similar to a brain, which has many components that make up this unique system that will think for you instead of you thinking for yourself. This is just to show you that having a brain isn’t a necessary condition for having a mind.
When I heard and saw the videos of Watson, a computer competing and winning in Jeopardy I was really impressed and amazed. I find this computing system as the coolest thing ever. Like some of you have mentioned in your responses, technology has definitely changed significantly over the last 200 years with magnificent things that have changed our live. However, Watson I find it interesting, because it a computing system that rivals a human’s ability to answer questions with confidence, fast and with exactitude. It competed with the show’s two most successful and celebrated contestants of this game. I believe that there is more Watson to come in the near future. Technology is always thinking big and bringing new things to make our “life” easier in a way. It is amazing how they build all this computing system to think and perform like us. However, I see that in the future they will take over us because they would be able to do what we do such as work, thinking and act. That means that we would not be that much useful because a computer would basically do our job. If it happens computing system like Watson would unquestionably conquest the theory functionalism.
Is this computer a genius? yes and not because it can read human written information, but because it has the ability to understand it and give a clear picture of an exact answer. However, most computers already do that. This one may take it to another level by defacing the answer with the knowledge and database it has inside all of the super computers CPU. This can make it seem amazing, but it still does not have the same features as a human. Something a computer will never have, even if we add the most sophisticated processor to it. it does not carry a conscious around with it like we do, it does not celebrate once it feels good about an answer, and it does not give the same reaction as a human when is in pain. It is just a place where database gets stored on. This is a breakthrough in "Technology" but that's about it. Technology will keep expanding and it will definitely get better as the years grow. For example the article where human kind will end their life in 2036. The AI system will probably take over many current things because it does not feel pain and it does not need to stop to grab a bite, or better yet (It will not cry or e depressed because they have lost a love one). Instead we will have machines do all of our work with a high intensity AI technological features. I do not see the boundaries of creating chips that we can implement in our brains and act as neurons to improve our knowledge and help us keep track of current events. However, it will have a negative effect because we can have different reactions to the chips, we will be a half human/half machines living organisms or we will just plain depend on it as we can not successfully do our work with out the chips (Similar to current drugs. the likes of anti-depressants). If we improve on AI technology, then this world will be taken over Machines, but not just machines. Machines that feel no pain, no conscious and can possibly act upon their own reaction based on their intelligence and uncontrollable knowledge.
We are in the age where technology is advancing at unbelievable speeds. Watson is seen as a breakthrough in technology, and I only somewhat agree. This machine works through the use of algorithms in order to come up with results. It doesn’t seem so remarkable, since this is what all computers do. What makes Watson unique, however, is its ability to learn through trial and error. As you can see in the games of Jeopardy, there were several questions that Watson got wrong. You would think this “supercomputer” would have answered all the questions correctly. What’s also unique is Watson’s ability to understand the different meanings we have for words. This was also a process that had to be learned, both through the use of algorithms and trial and error. I do believe Watson is an impressive machine and could eventually become a significant asset to society, whether it be in the area of customer service or even within health care. However, they are still very far from constructing anything that comes close to human though processes and functions. While this technology is advancing constantly, there will always be that bit of spontaneity and uniqueness of the human mind that computers just can’t quite grasp. -Vanessa Guiracoche
We are in the age where technology is advancing at unbelievable speeds. Watson is seen as a breakthrough in technology, and I only somewhat agree. This machine works through the use of algorithms in order to come up with results. It doesn’t seem so remarkable, since this is what all computers do. What makes Watson unique, however, is its ability to learn through trial and error. As you can see in the games of Jeopardy, there were several questions that Watson got wrong. You would think this “supercomputer” would have answered all the questions correctly. What’s also unique is Watson’s ability to understand the different meanings we have for words. This was also a process that had to be learned, both through the use of algorithms and trial and error. I do believe Watson is an impressive machine and could eventually become a significant asset to society, whether it be in the area of customer service or even within health care. However, they are still very far from constructing anything that comes close to human though processes and functions. While this technology is advancing constantly, there will always be that bit of spontaneity and uniqueness of the human mind that computers just can’t quite grasp. -Vanessa Guiracoche
I felt as Watson's performance was still man generated. It's mistakes were due to human error in programming and not its own. This is still a beginning phase to a more complex system that will be improved upon with time. For what was done on Jeopardy was very well done and much better than I expected of a system that was completed as of date. Given more time and technogical advances I can only see AI getting better but probably in the next generation or two. Google is making smart cars that are in production that can drive themselves almost so it is a bit terrifying on how far we have come in the past years with breakthroughs like Watson. One can only wonder what next feat a team will come out with next to show the world and astonish us once more with what our age can accomplish for us.
Watching bina 48 speak left me in complete shock. I am starting to notice that what has been spoke about for years might come to existence. Computers that speak and understand due to their mental capability. Watson performance in the Jeopardy game; the fact he could piece everything together to better understand the question. Technology, is becoming a breathing walking being. Something that has been prophesy for years and now we are observing the results. If this is the begining or if one might call a breakthrough in the world of science and engineering; then what is to come might leave the world itself speechless. Computers that can speak like any other human, who could better understand questions. Nontheless when an object is brighter than most of its surroundings then one should be worried. However, until then, such technology could change the world.
When I first came to witness Watson in action, I was easily fascinated and amazed at how a computer was able to defeat two of Jeopardy’s best contesters. But if we were to go deeper into Watson, Watson is just a computer; it does not attain a mind. Watson can be seen as a computer, giving and receiving information, yet this does not mean that Watson is capable of understanding or interpreting what the information is. Watson can’t also develop its own vocabulary or express itself. Even if Watson was able to demonstrate feelings or opinions, it wouldn’t be its own since it would just be emotions inputted as information from others just like in the case of Bina48. I admit that Watson is a remarkable renovation to the world of technology, but people still are unable to make a computer or technological machinery that can have humanistic qualities. This is due to that humans are still unable to unravel the mysteries of the human mind. If we are still unsure of our own minds, then it make take more years to be able to create machinery or a computer that measures to human capacity.
Emmanuel B Let us not get too paranoid about Bina48 and Watson they are all man inventions. We invented the automobile it runs very fast we cannot run as fast as a car but how many car one person have own in his life time we out last them. We invented the plane we cannot fly we fly them they can fly in auto pilot but the plane still need our input, the destination to go the plane however the technology is will not last more than one man life time .I have so for replace my personal computer three times .My new dell XPS 420 I have already replace the drive .We must not forget the human brain is very complex We are yet to fully understand the potential of a human brain but we know the speed of a computer .The genius of Bill Gate, steve Jobb a neuron surgeon a cardiologist a vascular surgeon We do not know what make them good at what they do. Computer will be a tool with an artificial intelligence .The processor speed will give them the ability to process data that we human feed it to them .They will assist us the same way the car take us from point A to point B faster than we can walk .Here we are in this very philosophy class debating philosopher works They are all dead but their ideas are still alive, Alfred Einstein is alive in the class room all over the world we do not have to go to a museum to see them .Alan Turing predicted in 50 years computer will be able to perform what Bina 48 and Watson did. According to functionalism if a computer can think such a computer will have a mind well I can say a CPU has a long way to replace the brain because the work that a human brain create never die
Watson is a clear visual of how much mankind has progressed. I find it interesting how many philosophers imagined a machine like Watson many, many years ago. And now we get to witness the creation of their counterexample. It is almost like we will never come to a final definition that describes the complexity of the mind because our imaginary counterexamples will be invented 50 years later; we will never cease to create reasons why we are wrong. It amazes me how our imagination is such a powerful thing. Watson’s success is proof of how technology is always advancing. But the only way for technology to advance is if there are brilliant minds behind the curtain dreaming up their advancements.
When higher technological intelligence is introduced into a situation, problems always tend to follow. With Artificial Intelligence, where there is room for improvement in the quality of human life, many still have concerns of being replaced not only in the occupational form but the life form as well. Accurate diagnosis of patients is essential in the Medical field. It can be the difference between a speedy recovery and a wrongful death lawsuit. Medical doctors being expected to know everything sometimes aren’t fluent in or have much time to inform themselves of medical advances. Physician Assistants are just that essential part of a doctor’s team. With WATSON the medical knowledge and use of the physician assistants may be put on the back burner. The most important thing needed to diagnosis a patient is what gives the physician assistant can do and WATSON cannot: see and hear. A person’s physical ailment can differ from what they can verbally tell you. WATSON may be able to put words together to arrive at an answer but what you can’t see always put you a step back.
Well, creating a machine like Watson is truly a brake through technology. I was amazed to see it competing against the most experienced players in the shows history. Yes, they created a great machine that can combine words in order to get the right answer, but it is still a machine that can’t be compared with humans, who are considered the most complex creatures on earth. You can teach a robot to think, but you will never be able to teach it the ability to feel as humans do. It is great to see what people can do, but I would not be that excited about creating this kind of machine in the future. The first think that came up on my mind after watching Watson performance was that due to this technological progress millions of people will lose their jobs. The second thought I had, was related to the well known idea about humans and robots wars, so well developed in most Science Fiction movies . We all think that progress makes our live easier, but what we do not realize is that at some point it will kill us.
Technology has advanced in so many ways the fact Watson did an amazing job on jeopardy and proved that computers are able to perform just as well as humans shows how much they have advance. Even though Watson isn’t able to speak or talk back but still thinks as hard a humans I find interesting because even as humans we process questions the same way we eliminate the wrong answers out if we’re not totally sure then there will be no answer. But even though a computer has a mind like a human it doesn’t exist in the human sense, but Descartes would say otherwise he says because I think therefore I am. -WESLYNE SAINCI
When the science fiction of our past generations becomes the reality for ours it is always amazing. It is utterly astounding to me how fast this ball has begun to roll. Artificial intelligence, computer ability, or for that matter anything computer related. Computers have now become a necessity for life and only time will tell how it turns out for us. I for one am an avid fan of computers and look forward to these abilities to be fine tuned and developed further. Although we have reached unmistakably remarkable achievements in the computer industry we have just but touched the tip of the iceberg. Although Watson was not endowed with the ability of sight and hearing, don’t be mistaken. Watson took three years for IBM to create. The potential is there.
Functionalism has many influences the most apparent is subjective perception. We find ourselves doing subjective perception even with no attempt to do so. At any event, we should try to reframe ourselves engaging this behavior, because not every circumstance can be defined, interpret, and categories for us. The ultimate computer Watson is not except to the following influences of subjective frame of mind. We should be wary of this notion the reason being subjective perception can hinder or enhance one’s schema. We are all fascinated by the idea of Watson comparison skills, analytical skills; however the most intrigue part about Watson is its possibility. They are array of benefits for Watson in our society. One Watson can help navigate more sufficient in and out call center for companies who spend immense funding on service calls. Another reason Watson is lucrative to us its role it can affect on improving health care system from assisting us to specific and faster diagnosis to patients, and etc. ~Reyna Barnhart
I believe that Watson is a revolutionary invention. It demonstrates human intelligence to recreate a machine which can perform activities as well as we do, or sometimes even better. And I really believe that we’ll have more and much more advance Watsons. Technology grows faster challenging our imagination with every step. Things that seemed unreachable dreams or ideas 50 years before are just common objects in our everyday lives, so why do not believe that artificial intelligence can take higher levels? Of course it will. But from that to become more intelligent than humans, I’m not that sure. After all we invented them. Besides that human beings still don’t know everything about their brains, so how we will be able to construct a brain machine better than ours when we still don’t understand human’s brains in totality? I’m not radical about the idea of artificial intelligence surpassing humans, but I really doubt it. We have to discover too many things yet before that could happen; and unless we move to the Moon or somewhere also in the universe, I don’t believe our planet can support us that longer to do such complicated discoveries. We’ll have to see what happen, but I really doubt that machines get to be more intelligent than humans. Ana Chaves
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I find this to be extremely fascinating and exiting. It is a huge breakthrough in technology that can lead to significantly better computers in the near future. Technology like this can be applied to many areas of life, and as such, it is an excellent tool. However, it is still only a tool and not a form of intelligence. According to its' performance on Jeopardy, Watson seems like it stands a pretty decent chance of passing the Turing test of intelligence, at least after a bit more learning and refining. However, the ability to recognize human language and give answers in human language does not denote intelligence. The computer simply uses advanced software to analyze and break down a statement and calculate a response based on a predefined set of parameters. So, even though a computer can do this and do it well, that does not mean it has any idea of what it's doing; in the end, it's just a machine executing it's programming - very complex programming.
This means that no matter how smart and advanced computers may get in the future, it is impossible for them to ever truly be conscious and intelligent as we are because the human mind is more than a set of predefined parameters. The closest computers can really get to consciousness is simply to mimic human thought, so unfortunately the Cylons of Battlestar Galactica will stay in the realm of science fiction for the foreseeable future.
- Alexander Zaiarnyi
Well when I first witnessed this I was in complete awe. The fact that technology has advanced to a point in where objects which no heart beat or brain can function like a human is beyond comprehension. although most view this as an achievement,and by all means it is, have they really thought of the consequences this will bring about on the human race? There has been talk that one of the many goals to be met is to actually transfer a persons "mind" into that of a robot. Are we not setting ourselves up for disaster? Will one day robots really take over the world as Hollywood has stated in many of its movies? My answer is yes. One day robots will surpass humans in strength and intelligence but most importantly they will become aware and conscious of their surroundings,and this is what can make them dangerous. As I sit and watch Watson and Bina48 and how they function and react to human interaction I am both amazed and cautious of such technology. We are no longer dealing with mere hardware devices but with A.I with the potential to surpass anything we've seen before,including the human race. Although such advancement in technology will bring out progressivity in medicine and other categories we will face a dawn of a new era, one where the human race has reached its end and the machine's race begins.
-Vanessa Quiroz
Although functionalism has had several counterexamples, I believe Watson and many other Watson’s to come in the near future will defeat the theory of functionalism. Currently, we believe anything having the right sort of functional organization is not sufficient condition for having a mind but I believe in 50 years or so all that will change. Computers will progress more and more as the years pass by, especially since the brains behind these projects are trying to make computers as humanly possible, like the IBM corporation did with Watson. Being able to process all that data and answer Jeopardy questions in less than 3 seconds, not to mention, being able to understanding natural human language is astonishing. Given that Watson was only started 4 years back, in 2007 we don’t know if computers will be able to think like humans in a couple of years. Whether that is positive or not, we’ll find out in the future.
--- Laura Galindo
Yes Watson won big, but given that this is a group of super computers,it was to be expected.I would like to piont out that while Watson was able to corectly answer long and complex querries, Watson couldn't handle itself as well with the shorter, less challanging questions.This only proved that Watson is quicker the more complex the algorithm. The food for thought here is,if we where allowed to see IBM's Watson,what lies behind closed doors? Watson type machines, it appears, pose a windfall for humanity,I can't see computers taking on a life of thheir own any time soon. Alan
The fact that a computer can compete on a game show, created over 45 years ago against undeniably the two greatest human players in the shows history is an astonishing feat in itself. The fact that this computer can successfully compete on a game show and win , earning 1,000,000 towards charity is nothing less than remarkable. When i was introduced to this story i was impressed to say the least , but after seeing Watson perform as well as he did i was in complete awe. Agreeing with Vanessa the fact that we are able to see the advancements of technology to the point where objects with no heart beat , brain or consciousness can function like a human is beyond comprehension. Several theories and counter examples have emerged to object functionalism, but i feel that through the development of Watson and further improvements on its system functionalism will finally be able to solidify the theory of mind (functionalism). Watson being able to identify the questions being asked of it and formulate answers through strategical deductive reasoning in addition to being able to know what it knows, as well as what it doesn't know should be enough to support functionalism. In my short 19 years of life computers have went from surfing the web at sedate speeds to being able to compete on game shows , what does the next 19 years have in store for us ? The development of Watson has led me to believe that technology is advancing faster and more efficiently than we think.
I believe that Watson did an amazing job on jeopardy and proved that computers are able to perform just as well as humans. But even though Watson beat the two contesters I still believe that Humans are more capable and smarter than computers because we are the ones who invented them. There’s a major difference between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence. And like the old saying goes “Artificial flavor doesn’t taste like the real deal.” But I must admit that artificial intelligence is advancing everyday and sooner or later they may be competing with us for our jobs. I also believe that like the movie I Robot; robotic computers maybe in our every day lives. And just as we depend on cars to transport us from place to place we maybe depending on computers to perform daily tasks for ourselves. Nevertheless, I commend Watson on the game he won and that he truly defines artificial intelligence.
Donald Dominique Jr.
Watson doesn't have a mind. It has a database calculations that can understand language. It can't hurt or feel anything. However its creation illustrates how innovation technology can be. Watson is an amazing project. According to IBM, the goal is to have computers start to interact in natural human terms accross a range of applications and processes, understanding the questions that humans ask and providing answers that humans can understand and justify. Watson bested Brat Rutter the biggest all-time money winner on jeopardy, and Ken Jennings, the record holder for the longest championship series. But even though it won I still beleive that humans are more capable and smarter than computers because we are the ones who make them. "It's not quite time yet to give up and welcome our new machine overlords," said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. "While Watson is doing some amazing and new things, it's still just a machine. The real thinking here is from the humans who designed and tuned the software."
Marie Michelle Leveille
The complex algorithms by which Watson functions should not be confused with the amazing spontaneity of human thought. Artificial Intelligence is about as far from achieving elaborate human thought as we are from curing death. If it took evolution millions of years just to develop the nucleus of a cell then we can't expect to so quickly bypass the billions of years it took just to secure a brain of our own. It is also naive to mention Hollywood movies, such as irobot, and their portrayal of artificial intelligence as superior. We ourselves don't understand our own minds and it'll take approximately half of a century just to fully map out one's own neurological blueprints. Pre-programmed thought could never surpass actual thought simply because even the most uncomplicated thought requires some sort of sophisticated knowledge and abstract thinking. Our invention of super-computers will shorten the process used to map out the synapses in the brain. (Not the other way around). Humans determine the parameters to such super-computers. Taking into account that Watson cannot hear, see, dream, touch, etc, supports the fact that he can only understand human language to a certain extent. Ultimately, the way he perceives this information is through data that is converted from an auditory device to binary transcriptions of the human language. Thus the information he receives is a complicated algorithm that breaks down human language into a simple binary code that he may understand. His intricacy lies in the system his creators used to transcribe verbal understanding into data in the form of code.
-Margarita Meshini
Technology has in a superior way to the point where computer can compete with the smartest human minds, but how is this a good thing? I am not speaking from fear but rather logic, we as humans do not understand our own human minds and nature. We have petty wars and argue for the smallest reason. Yet we want to create a thing that is even more superior than us, with the ability to learn emotions and habits, come on does this really seem smart. If we cannot control our own feelings just imagine a world with robots running around with the same emotional instability as us humans. Its all fine and dandy that technology has advanced to a point where we can create A.I. but I think we should try to keep it to a minimum we really don’t want to be enslaved to robots or the humans that control robots like Bina, she did mention taking over the world. I think its nice if we learn ourselves first then try to create something similar but right now in time we are not ready as a world for another kind of intelligence.
The technological advances that are occurring day to day seem absolutely amazing. I believe that WATSON has become one of the best advances in computer science. Relating back to previous understanding of functionalism, to be in a mental state is to be in a functional state. WATSON is a clear example of artificial intelligence, were the scientists’ goal is to create a computer who is able to process information the same way a human mind would. I believe that all of these advances in computer science can help human kind in many different areas that structure our functions in society, like business, health care and education. Now with what I do not agree, is for researchers to want to accomplish the fact that a computer act, think, and just exist to be like a human mind. I understand that the study of the mind is extremely complex and there are many theories to how we obtain knowledge, but I do not believe it to be a necessary condition to want a computer to think like a human. An artificial object will never be able to have feelings or emotions the same way humans would. They can pretend to think like humans, but our minds go way more beyond than as just a program running in our heads. Computers are wired to think the way we want them to think. As per say, intentionality, what would happen if it got to a point where we depended only on computers, and all of a sudden their intentions are not what we want them to be? Then there would be a series of consequences that humans would have no way of handling, the intentionality of a computer. I believe that we can all handle extraordinary technological advances that help facilitate our daily lives, but I do not agree with providing so much intelligence to an object that can then turn out to be as intelligent or beyond intelligent than the human mind.
Stephanie Chaparro
Well when I heard Prof. Triff say a computer playing Jeopardy with human and I thought to myself, “this professor must be on something?” But, it was true and it is truly amazing how Watson can play without using the internet as a source and actually understand the point of the game. Science can actually prove functionalism to be a superior way philosophical theory. This machine can interpret what the meaning of the words that are being used and answer it correctly with a chance of getting it wrong as well. Even though it understands and can probably think like we do, i do not think it can even grasp of what feeling are. I can see the future with a lot of smart A.Is but I do not think it will go as advance as we exaggerate it to be. What truly amaze me are the goals they want this supercomputer to do in the future. Putting A.I as our physician assistant would be a remarkable breakthrough because the computer can get a more accurate and faster diagnose than a regular human would. I like the high expectation they put for the machine and I’m hoping they will meet with it and more.
Well when I heard Prof. Triff say a computer playing Jeopardy with human and I thought to myself, “this professor must be on something?” But, it was true and it is truly amazing how Watson can play without using the internet as a source and actually understand the point of the game. Science can actually prove functionalism to be a superior way philosophical theory. This machine can interpret what the meaning of the words that are being used and answer it correctly with a chance of getting it wrong as well. Even though it understands and can probably think like we do, i do not think it can even grasp of what feeling are. I can see the future with a lot of smart A.Is but I do not think it will go as advance as we exaggerate it to be. What truly amaze me are the goals they want this supercomputer to do in the future. Putting A.I as our physician assistant would be a remarkable breakthrough because the computer can get a more accurate and faster diagnose than a regular human would. I like the high expectation they put for the machine and I’m hoping they will meet with it and more.
Watson being able to participate in Jeopardy as a regular contestant is a clear demonstration that he passes the parameters that have been set for the turing test; we can't say that he does not understand the language because he breaks down phrases into words, and then associates this words with others, since in many cases that's how our brains function. The part I found the most interesting was the fact that Watson is able to learn and to know what he knows, so he decides what questions to answer. At the beggining, when he first participated in 100 games before the challenge, he wasn't able to compete against the other contestants, but as time went by, he was able to acquire more and more knoledge and was able to fight for the lead in the IBM challenge. But does this example really show that mental states are functional states? Is Watson's operating system mind-like or is it just a machine programed to work in a certain way, that would never be able to do anything else, but associate words and answer questions?
Jeronimo Gilardoni
Watson is both exciting and terrifying. His being able to understand the complexities and subtly in our language shows he is beyond machine. He seems to be proof that the mind is separate from the brain, and also that just because something isn’t composed in a similar fashion to us, that it does not have a mind. This would take us back to the sentient being argument I posed for animal rights. Where this troubles me is in what is to follow. The argument and acceptance of these beings once full consciousness is attained. They will not be readily accepted. I cannot help but think about Asimov and the “Three Laws”. For those scratching their heads, The Laws are:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
This seems like it would lead to the eventual realization that humans lead illogical lives. Maybe I’m being paranoid but although Waston competing was a great stride in understanding the mind brain dilemma, it also seemed like a beta version of SKYNET firing up.
Watson is both exciting and terrifying. His being able to understand the complexities and subtly in our language shows he is beyond machine. He seems to be proof that the mind is separate from the brain, and also that just because something isn’t composed in a similar fashion to us, that it does not have a mind. This would take us back to the sentient being argument I posed for animal rights. Where this troubles me is in what is to follow. The argument and acceptance of these beings once full consciousness is attained. They will not be readily accepted. I cannot help but think about Asimov and the “Three Laws”. For those scratching their heads, The Laws are:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
This seems like it would lead to the eventual realization that humans lead illogical lives. Maybe I’m being paranoid but although Waston competing was a great stride in understanding the mind brain dilemma, it also seemed like a beta version of SKYNET firing up.
Technology over the years has come to be more advanced, smarter and as in terms of the "Watson" system it is unfolding like a brain or mind. The Watson is a unique system which will soon over power every system that is used within in a office. Whether it's in healthcare (ER, doctor's office), customer service (call centers) or even ambiguity (the way a computer/system is made up).
Within the customer service setting, the Watson system would improve the quality of a call. It would decrease the waiting time for an answer to a question that is asked by the customer. It would change the way business would be within the exchange of employers and employees and the customers and employees.
In the healthcare setting, doctors and nurses are to guess when the answer they are unsure of becomes not a solid fact. That is where the Watson system comes to change all that. There would be no need for guessing on a type of treatment, medication or change in a diet because Watson will give you an answer that will create confidence. Everyone is unique and complex within in their own way. For nobody has the same structure of body type, shape or form and so is the Watson system that is designed so uniquely to give an answer not for any typical "Joe" but for the specific "Joe". With the constant development in the healthcare scenery, Watson will be a system that will be precise, master all the materials that are needed, faster than an actual human brain to get the job done and give the correct diagnosis. In my point of view, with the growth of Watson it will decrease the need of physician assistants and even nurses with a system that will be so substantial it can probably stand alone with the patient as a one on one.
Ambiguity is what makes up Watson. Ambiguity will be the language of all computers. It is the similar to a brain, which has many components that make up this unique system that will think for you instead of you thinking for yourself. This is just to show you that having a brain isn’t a necessary condition for having a mind.
Fenza Fleurgin
When I heard and saw the videos of Watson, a computer competing and winning in Jeopardy I was really impressed and amazed. I find this computing system as the coolest thing ever. Like some of you have mentioned in your responses, technology has definitely changed significantly over the last 200 years with magnificent things that have changed our live. However, Watson I find it interesting, because it a computing system that rivals a human’s ability to answer questions with confidence, fast and with exactitude. It competed with the show’s two most successful and celebrated contestants of this game. I believe that there is more Watson to come in the near future. Technology is always thinking big and bringing new things to make our “life” easier in a way. It is amazing how they build all this computing system to think and perform like us. However, I see that in the future they will take over us because they would be able to do what we do such as work, thinking and act. That means that we would not be that much useful because a computer would basically do our job. If it happens computing system like Watson would unquestionably conquest the theory functionalism.
~Joixen Lobo
Is this computer a genius? yes and not because it can read human written information, but because it has the ability to understand it and give a clear picture of an exact answer. However, most computers already do that. This one may take it to another level by defacing the answer with the knowledge and database it has inside all of the super computers CPU. This can make it seem amazing, but it still does not have the same features as a human. Something a computer will never have, even if we add the most sophisticated processor to it. it does not carry a conscious around with it like we do, it does not celebrate once it feels good about an answer, and it does not give the same reaction as a human when is in pain. It is just a place where database gets stored on. This is a breakthrough in "Technology" but that's about it. Technology will keep expanding and it will definitely get better as the years grow. For example the article where human kind will end their life in 2036. The AI system will probably take over many current things because it does not feel pain and it does not need to stop to grab a bite, or better yet (It will not cry or e depressed because they have lost a love one). Instead we will have machines do all of our work with a high intensity AI technological features. I do not see the boundaries of creating chips that we can implement in our brains and act as neurons to improve our knowledge and help us keep track of current events. However, it will have a negative effect because we can have different reactions to the chips, we will be a half human/half machines living organisms or we will just plain depend on it as we can not successfully do our work with out the chips (Similar to current drugs. the likes of anti-depressants). If we improve on AI technology, then this world will be taken over Machines, but not just machines. Machines that feel no pain, no conscious and can possibly act upon their own reaction based on their intelligence and uncontrollable knowledge.
We are in the age where technology is advancing at unbelievable speeds. Watson is seen as a breakthrough in technology, and I only somewhat agree. This machine works through the use of algorithms in order to come up with results. It doesn’t seem so remarkable, since this is what all computers do. What makes Watson unique, however, is its ability to learn through trial and error. As you can see in the games of Jeopardy, there were several questions that Watson got wrong. You would think this “supercomputer” would have answered all the questions correctly. What’s also unique is Watson’s ability to understand the different meanings we have for words. This was also a process that had to be learned, both through the use of algorithms and trial and error. I do believe Watson is an impressive machine and could eventually become a significant asset to society, whether it be in the area of customer service or even within health care. However, they are still very far from constructing anything that comes close to human though processes and functions. While this technology is advancing constantly, there will always be that bit of spontaneity and uniqueness of the human mind that computers just can’t quite grasp.
-Vanessa Guiracoche
We are in the age where technology is advancing at unbelievable speeds. Watson is seen as a breakthrough in technology, and I only somewhat agree. This machine works through the use of algorithms in order to come up with results. It doesn’t seem so remarkable, since this is what all computers do. What makes Watson unique, however, is its ability to learn through trial and error. As you can see in the games of Jeopardy, there were several questions that Watson got wrong. You would think this “supercomputer” would have answered all the questions correctly. What’s also unique is Watson’s ability to understand the different meanings we have for words. This was also a process that had to be learned, both through the use of algorithms and trial and error. I do believe Watson is an impressive machine and could eventually become a significant asset to society, whether it be in the area of customer service or even within health care. However, they are still very far from constructing anything that comes close to human though processes and functions. While this technology is advancing constantly, there will always be that bit of spontaneity and uniqueness of the human mind that computers just can’t quite grasp.
-Vanessa Guiracoche
I felt as Watson's performance was still man generated. It's mistakes were due to human error in programming and not its own. This is still a beginning phase to a more complex system that will be improved upon with time. For what was done on Jeopardy was very well done and much better than I expected of a system that was completed as of date. Given more time and technogical advances I can only see AI getting better but probably in the next generation or two. Google is making smart cars that are in production that can drive themselves almost so it is a bit terrifying on how far we have come in the past years with breakthroughs like Watson. One can only wonder what next feat a team will come out with next to show the world and astonish us once more with what our age can accomplish for us.
Anthony Cosmo DeCollibus
http://blog.reddit.com/2011/02/ibm-watson-research-team-answers-your.html
This was some answers by the team who created Watson on a website called Reddit if anyone is interested further into the subject.
~ Anthony
Watching bina 48 speak left me in complete shock. I am starting to notice that what has been spoke about for years might come to existence. Computers that speak and understand due to their mental capability. Watson performance in the Jeopardy game; the fact he could piece everything together to better understand the question. Technology, is becoming a breathing walking being. Something that has been prophesy for years and now we are observing the results. If this is the begining or if one might call a breakthrough in the world of science and engineering; then what is to come might leave the world itself speechless. Computers that can speak like any other human, who could better understand questions. Nontheless when an object is brighter than most of its surroundings then one should be worried. However, until then, such technology could change the world.
- Maybelis Velasquez
When I first came to witness Watson in action, I was easily fascinated and amazed at how a computer was able to defeat two of Jeopardy’s best contesters. But if we were to go deeper into Watson, Watson is just a computer; it does not attain a mind. Watson can be seen as a computer, giving and receiving information, yet this does not mean that Watson is capable of understanding or interpreting what the information is. Watson can’t also develop its own vocabulary or express itself. Even if Watson was able to demonstrate feelings or opinions, it wouldn’t be its own since it would just be emotions inputted as information from others just like in the case of Bina48. I admit that Watson is a remarkable renovation to the world of technology, but people still are unable to make a computer or technological machinery that can have humanistic qualities. This is due to that humans are still unable to unravel the mysteries of the human mind. If we are still unsure of our own minds, then it make take more years to be able to create machinery or a computer that measures to human capacity.
Daysis Moraga
Emmanuel B
Let us not get too paranoid about Bina48 and Watson they are all man inventions. We invented the automobile it runs very fast we cannot run as fast as a car but how many car one person have own in his life time we out last them. We invented the plane we cannot fly we fly them they can fly in auto pilot but the plane still need our input, the destination to go the plane however the technology is will not last more than one man life time .I have so for replace my personal computer three times .My new dell XPS 420 I have already replace the drive .We must not forget the human brain is very complex We are yet to fully understand the potential of a human brain but we know the speed of a computer .The genius of Bill Gate, steve Jobb a neuron surgeon a cardiologist a vascular surgeon We do not know what make them good at what they do. Computer will be a tool with an artificial intelligence .The processor speed will give them the ability to process data that we human feed it to them .They will assist us the same way the car take us from point A to point B faster than we can walk .Here we are in this very philosophy class debating philosopher works They are all dead but their ideas are still alive, Alfred Einstein is alive in the class room all over the world we do not have to go to a museum to see them .Alan Turing predicted in 50 years computer will be able to perform what Bina 48 and Watson did. According to functionalism if a computer can think such a computer will have a mind well I can say a CPU has a long way to replace the brain because the work that a human brain create never die
Watson is a clear visual of how much mankind has progressed. I find it interesting how many philosophers imagined a machine like Watson many, many years ago. And now we get to witness the creation of their counterexample. It is almost like we will never come to a final definition that describes the complexity of the mind because our imaginary counterexamples will be invented 50 years later; we will never cease to create reasons why we are wrong. It amazes me how our imagination is such a powerful thing. Watson’s success is proof of how technology is always advancing. But the only way for technology to advance is if there are brilliant minds behind the curtain dreaming up their advancements.
-Adrianna Garica
When higher technological intelligence is introduced into a situation, problems always tend to follow. With Artificial Intelligence, where there is room for improvement in the quality of human life, many still have concerns of being replaced not only in the occupational form but the life form as well. Accurate diagnosis of patients is essential in the Medical field. It can be the difference between a speedy recovery and a wrongful death lawsuit. Medical doctors being expected to know everything sometimes aren’t fluent in or have much time to inform themselves of medical advances. Physician Assistants are just that essential part of a doctor’s team. With WATSON the medical knowledge and use of the physician assistants may be put on the back burner. The most important thing needed to diagnosis a patient is what gives the physician assistant can do and WATSON cannot: see and hear. A person’s physical ailment can differ from what they can verbally tell you. WATSON may be able to put words together to arrive at an answer but what you can’t see always put you a step back.
- Joanne Apollon
Well, creating a machine like Watson is truly a brake through technology. I was amazed to see it competing against the most experienced players in the shows history. Yes, they created a great machine that can combine words in order to get the right answer, but it is still a machine that can’t be compared with humans, who are considered the most complex creatures on earth. You can teach a robot to think, but you will never be able to teach it the ability to feel as humans do. It is great to see what people can do, but I would not be that excited about creating this kind of machine in the future. The first think that came up on my mind after watching Watson performance was that due to this technological progress millions of people will lose their jobs. The second thought I had, was related to the well known idea about humans and robots wars, so well developed in most Science Fiction movies . We all think that progress makes our live easier, but what we do not realize is that at some point it will kill us.
Eugeniu Timofti
Technology has advanced in so many ways the fact Watson did an amazing job on jeopardy and proved that computers are able to perform just as well as humans shows how much they have advance. Even though Watson isn’t able to speak or talk back but still thinks as hard a humans I find interesting because even as humans we process questions the same way we eliminate the wrong answers out if we’re not totally sure then there will be no answer. But even though a computer has a mind like a human it doesn’t exist in the human sense, but Descartes would say otherwise he says because I think therefore I am.
-WESLYNE SAINCI
When the science fiction of our past generations becomes the reality for ours it is always amazing. It is utterly astounding to me how fast this ball has begun to roll. Artificial intelligence, computer ability, or for that matter anything computer related. Computers have now become a necessity for life and only time will tell how it turns out for us. I for one am an avid fan of computers and look forward to these abilities to be fine tuned and developed further. Although we have reached unmistakably remarkable achievements in the computer industry we have just but touched the tip of the iceberg. Although Watson was not endowed with the ability of sight and hearing, don’t be mistaken. Watson took three years for IBM to create. The potential is there.
Christopher Jackson
Functionalism has many influences the most apparent is subjective perception. We find ourselves doing subjective perception even with no attempt to do so. At any event, we should try to reframe ourselves engaging this behavior, because not every circumstance can be defined, interpret, and categories for us. The ultimate computer Watson is not except to the following influences of subjective frame of mind. We should be wary of this notion the reason being subjective perception can hinder or enhance one’s schema. We are all fascinated by the idea of Watson comparison skills, analytical skills; however the most intrigue part about Watson is its possibility. They are array of benefits for Watson in our society. One Watson can help navigate more sufficient in and out call center for companies who spend immense funding on service calls. Another reason Watson is lucrative to us its role it can affect on improving health care system from assisting us to specific and faster diagnosis to patients, and etc.
~Reyna Barnhart
I believe that Watson is a revolutionary invention. It demonstrates human intelligence to recreate a machine which can perform activities as well as we do, or sometimes even better. And I really believe that we’ll have more and much more advance Watsons. Technology grows faster challenging our imagination with every step. Things that seemed unreachable dreams or ideas 50 years before are just common objects in our everyday lives, so why do not believe that artificial intelligence can take higher levels? Of course it will. But from that to become more intelligent than humans, I’m not that sure. After all we invented them. Besides that human beings still don’t know everything about their brains, so how we will be able to construct a brain machine better than ours when we still don’t understand human’s brains in totality? I’m not radical about the idea of artificial intelligence surpassing humans, but I really doubt it. We have to discover too many things yet before that could happen; and unless we move to the Moon or somewhere also in the universe, I don’t believe our planet can support us that longer to do such complicated discoveries. We’ll have to see what happen, but I really doubt that machines get to be more intelligent than humans.
Ana Chaves
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