RRJ #4

Haohui Lu (Hugo)

Reading Reaction Journal #4

Reference

SETH BORENSTEIN and JORDAN ROBERTSON (Feb, 16, 2011). Machines beat us at our own game: What can we do? Retrieved, 2/21/2011

From http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LE7T600.htm

Summary

   In this article, the author describe the Watson which was an IBM super computer created by twenty five IBM scientists for four years. It got a champion of the TV game show, and it also called a technological breakthrough. Therefore, some scientists made a question, can use this super computer to create another one super computer? But, the answer is the technological is far from this step. And in this article, the main point which the author discuss is between the computer and the human are very different, because a lot things computer cannot do but human can, for example emotion, tasting, and feeling. But also the Watson would give us a lot of benefit, for example can help us to create and fix a search system. Finally, the author also mention, this computer would give Google a big challenge.

Reaction

   In this article, I was very interested in reading about the author describe the new technology, because my major is Mechanical Engineering. In this major, we also need to upgrade ourselves, because having a lot of the unbelievable new technology for everyday. After I read this article, the Watson gives me many ideas and questions.

   Now, we have this super computer, one of the most important questions is we can use it for what or where can give us the most benefit. Also, I have some ideas, astronomy is a mystery for us, because in the space have a lot of things and questions we don’t understand. So, Watson maybe can help us to solve a lot of questions about the astronomy. But, the Watson also can give us fear, because the Watson can give benefit, also can give us harm, for example, if the terrorist get the Watson, our life and our country’s security will become very dangerous. So how to use the Watson is a very important question.