IBM Watson learned to swear!

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

I got a big chuckle out of this article on IBM's Watson Computer....


http://www.ibtimes.com/ibms-watson-g...ionary-1007734

It would have been interesting to be in the room when the first profanity laced responses came out.

I guess that this means Watson is a teenager...

[grantch (Grant)]

That's prett funny. Probably every parent has experienced that moment one of the kids utter their first profanity pushing boundaries . Good to see tech is no different.

[gary]

Oops! Whilst they had the Urban Dictionary loaded, surely it must have
been tempting for some researcher to have Watson cross that with a
knowledge of co-worker's biographies and that of their mothers and to then
generate the world's coolest list of targeted insults and comebacks,
just in case one ever takes a shot at you.

[blink138 (Pat)]

if that was MY computer....... i would make sure it was turned off at 10pm every night for a week until it learned its lesson!
pat

[Ric]

A computer with attitude

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Originally Posted by gary

Oops! Whilst they had the Urban Dictionary loaded, surely it must have
been tempting for some researcher to have Watson cross that with a
knowledge of co-worker's biographies and that of their mothers and to then
generate the world's coolest list of targeted insults and comebacks,
just in case one ever takes a shot at you.

I was thinking along a very similar line...the fun that could have been had. How would you insult Watson in return?

[AstralTraveller (David)]

snip "For now, Watson will keep doing what it's great at: Helping hospitals diagnose sick patients...."

I guess they didn't want it saying: "The patient is f////d".