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This comic is a reference to IBM's computer {{w|Watson (computer)|Watson}} that beat humans at {{w|Jeopardy}} (see [[1002: Game AIs]]). The IBM team created a computer that could formulate a response to a Jeopardy-style question. Jeopardy is a game played where the contestants are given the answer to a question, and must devise the question. A question might be "Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle", to which the contestant must answer "What is Chicago?". When going up against two Jeopardy champions, Watson was able to {{w|Watson (computer)#Jeopardy!|beat them both}} (by some margin, although he did answer the above-mentioned question incorrectly with "Toronto"). | This comic is a reference to IBM's computer {{w|Watson (computer)|Watson}} that beat humans at {{w|Jeopardy}} (see [[1002: Game AIs]]). The IBM team created a computer that could formulate a response to a Jeopardy-style question. Jeopardy is a game played where the contestants are given the answer to a question, and must devise the question. A question might be "Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle", to which the contestant must answer "What is Chicago?". When going up against two Jeopardy champions, Watson was able to {{w|Watson (computer)#Jeopardy!|beat them both}} (by some margin, although he did answer the above-mentioned question incorrectly with "Toronto"). | ||
| β | [[Megan]] chimes in that we are "pretty awesome at teaching" which is very true. Humans are the best (on this planet) at teaching other things to do a set of tasks. We train dogs, cats, lizards | + | [[Megan]] chimes in that we are "pretty awesome at teaching" which is very true. Humans are the best (on this planet) at teaching other things to do a set of tasks. We train dogs, cats, lizards, birds, other people, and now we are getting quite good at ''teaching'' a computer, a simple machine completely of our own design, to mimic our own thought patterns and make decisions similar to what we would make. (See also [[1263: Reassuring]]). |
The title text makes fun of teaching our children values about not trying to win by any means (i.e. but while playing fair) by suggesting we are just trying to hold on to our ability to beat them in something. | The title text makes fun of teaching our children values about not trying to win by any means (i.e. but while playing fair) by suggesting we are just trying to hold on to our ability to beat them in something. | ||
