Thinking Machines
Are machines learning to be smart, and what impact could Artificial Intelligence have on all our lives? Peter Day reports from New York City's Silicon Alley.
One of the most famous computer systems in the world is called Watson, developed by IBM. It's best known in for beating two human contestants to win the American game show, Jeopardy. Watson may now be leading a revolution in 'machine learning'.
Peter Day reports from New York City, fast becoming a high tech rival of Silicon Valley, to find out how smart our machines are becoming and whether we should be worried about the impact Artificial Intelligence will have our lives.
(Photo: Graphic representation of a robot and its mind. Credit: Science Photo Library)
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Her, director: Spike Jonze, producers: Spike Jonze, Megan Ellison and Vincent Landay, distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Mayor Bloomberg via聽"We Are Made In Ny" campaign
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Jeopardy!, Sony Pictures
Contributors:
Andrew McAffee, Associate Director, Center for Digital Business at the聽MIT Sloan School of Management and co-author 鈥� Second Machine Age.
Rob Merkel,聽聽Vice President and Healthcare Leader, IBM Watson Group
Fredrik Tunvall, Technology Evangelist, IBM Watson Group
Lauri Saft, Director, IBM Watson Group
Dr. Mark Kris,聽聽Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
Shivon Zilis, Investor, Bloomberg Beta.
Professor Tony Jebara, Columbia University
Max Kesin, NYC Machine Learning
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