David Ferrucci: IBM Watson, Jeopardy & Deep Conversations with AI
October 11, 2019
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October 11, 2019
David Ferrucci: IBM Watson, Jeopardy & Deep Conversations with AI
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David Ferrucci: IBM Watson, Jeopardy & Deep Conversations with AI
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Ferrucci led the team that built Watson, the IBM question-answering system that beat the top humans in the world at the game of Jeopardy. He is also the Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist of Elemental Cognition, a company working engineer AI systems that understand the world the way people do. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.</span> If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on iTunes or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>. Here’s the outline with timestamps for this episode (on some players you can click on the timestamp to jump to that point in the episode):</p>
<p>00:00 – Introduction<br />
01:06 – Biological vs computer systems<br />
08:03 – What is intelligence?<br />
31:49 – Knowledge frameworks<br />
52:02 – IBM Watson winning Jeopardy<br />
1:24:21 – Watson vs human difference in approach<br />
1:27:52 – Q&A vs dialogue<br />
1:35:22 – Humor<br />
1:41:33 – Good test of intelligence<br />
1:46:36 – AlphaZero, AlphaStar accomplishments<br />
1:51:29 – Explainability, induction, deduction in medical diagnosis<br />
1:59:34 – Grand challenges<br />
2:04:03 – Consciousness<br />
2:08:26 – Timeline for AGI<br />
2:13:55 – Embodied AI<br />
2:17:07 – Love and companionship<br />
2:18:06 – Concerns about AI<br />
2:21:56 – Discussion with AGI</p>
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