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Five Real Computer Systems That Could Become
Skynet
By Peter Pachal April 19, 2011 14 Comments
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IBM Watson
In case you haven't checked the Internet in
months, Watson is the supercomputer who beat two veteran Jeopardy champions at
their own game earlier this month. Engineered by IBM, Watson is capable of
processing 500 gigabytes per second, comprises 90 servers, and takes up a
massive room at IBM's headquarters in upstate New York. Most important, Watson
is excellent at analyzing human language and interpreting what it means. It was
designed to learn from its successes and failures, refining its choices the more
it made them.
The whole idea of Watson is to provide quick,
direct answers to complicated questions. Though it's a learning computer and
obviously has massive computational abilities, it doesn't have access to any
government networks, at least not yet. IBM plans to unleash Watson's abilities
to help doctor's and patients make better choices. It's not hard to imagine a
military Watson, programmed to help generals make big strategic decisions. And
if it were to conclude that humans are making the wrong ones…
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