Critique of Artificial Intelligence Essay

Journalist John Markoff wrote the article Computer Wins On Jeopardy Trivial, Its Not. He discusses how the first-rate computer Watson defeated the all time champion of Jeopardy Ken Jennings. The author, throughout the article, agrees that the supercomputer Watson was a fair match against Ken Jennings. I disagree with Markoff for nine-fold reasons. This was in no dash a fair match because the computer had a remarkable ability to answer questions at super speeds. Also, the computer has portal to all available questions and the ability to answer them. This was in no way a fair battle between the computer and Ken Jennings.The authors main idea of this article is mainly to say how the supercomputer was a fair match between the two. The computer has ways to answer questions that humans have no way of doing. The computer tin can answer questions within seconds and even milliseconds when the question is asked. It has a super speed ability to answer these questions, which gives no time f or the opponent to even have a chance to answer the questions given. So, when the competitor has no time to even have an attempt to answer the question, there is no way to win. Watson is so smart that almost e very(prenominal) question that is asked, he answers correctly.Since I acquiret agree with Markoffs statement about Watson, I dont think his argument is valid. The reason I dont believe his argument and doses are valid is that a computer that has remarkable and inhuman-like abilities is plainly going to win in a competition of speed and knowledge. Ken Jennings had no chance against this computer. So, if a human has no chance against a apparatus, how can eachone call this a fair fight? Now, Markoff did define his terms clearly and specifically describe his reasons for why he thinks what he thinks, so I do give him credit for that. Still, I disagree with his argument.I disagree with most of Markoffs view about the competition between the computer and Jennings. His main poin t of the fair competition is totally undebatable. Watson, on the other hand, does not anticipate the light, but has a weighted scheme that allows it, when it is highly confident, to hitthe buzzer in as little as 10 milliseconds, making it hard for humans to beat (Markoff 212). This statement made by Markoff proves that this was in no way manageable for Jennings to beat the super computer. The computer can buzz in at amazing speeds as little as 10 milliseconds, which is way faster than any other human could possibly buzz in.Plus, the computer is programmed with so much information, that it would most likely be able to defeat Jennings, just because of the intelligence of this machine that the creators programmed into it. Overall, I do not believe that this piece published by John Markoff is in anyway valid. Markoff does however succeed in persuading people his ideas and describing his ideas and arguments very specifically. He does a advanced job with his argument and stating what he thinks. I do not agree with his argument though. My reaction to this piece is actually astonish because I am not sure how anyone could think that a computer competing against a very intelligent human was fair at all.The weakness of this passing is probably how it can be hard for someone to understand how a computer can manage to accomplish all this, but the strengths are good description and expression of the passage. Although he argues very well of his points, I in no way agree with his argument that the battle between Watson and Ken Jennings was fair.