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We have not 1, not 2, but 3 tech stories to bring you today. None of them signals the growth or power of SkyNet or even the eventual development of Cyberdyne Systems. Neither even suggests HAL 9000, but we best be wary. On Jeopardy this evening, a 3 part contest will begin between Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter (the 2 winningest contestants), & a computer named Watson. An obvious homage to the Holmes stories, this will give Jennings & Rutter plenty of opportunities to reference A Study in Scarlett.
What is the novel in which Holmes & Watson meet?
Here's a fun little BBC article for you to peruse if you're in to that kind of thing... & I know you are. Apparently, the toughest thing, as we all assumed it would be, for the computer to do is understand the nuances of the language. When a computer beat Kasparov in a 6 game chess match (cue the clip from Wargames) in 1997, people said it was down to the mathematics of the game. They claimed that any computer that was programmed properly could beat a human. Of course, we all know that the computer Mikhail plays on Lost may actually cheat, but that's a whole different issue. Tonight we get to see if the computer can adjust to the language & actually beat people in a contest that isn't as mathematical as chess. I don't know if I'll actually watch, but if I do, you can count on a follow-up in post afterwards.
In other tech news, we get to reference Deep Ellum, Texas. If you go down there, put not only your money, but also your old 8-tracks in your shoes because there's a man down there who'll give a man the blues... oh sweet mama, my 8-track's got them Deep Ellum blues. Bucks Burnett, the man in question, has recently opened the first 8-Track museum. And if there's 1 thing the world needed, it was an 8-Track Museum. There are plenty of articles about this situation, but this 1 was written by a guy named Steve Guttenberg so obviously, that's the 1 you're getting here.
In tech issue part the third, Dylan performed an interesting rendition of "Maggie's Farm" @ the Grammys last night. "They say 'Sing while you slave & I just get bored.'" On the positive side, this seems like a fitting comment in the face of the music industry. On the other hand, his voice is getting even rougher. This is where we get the tech part. He sounds kind of like a gruff robot w/ limited vocal abilities. I still loved it, & his body language was fantastic. He's even dancing a bit. Perhaps some day the music industry will create a robot that can write like him. That'll be a nice change of pace from the drivel those robots are writing now. Here's the video for your viewing pleasure.
1 comment:
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
Parse that stupid computer.
Don S.
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