item 1 = past AI at IBM = showing that a computer can play better chess than any human. item 2 = present AI at IBM = showing that a computer can play better Jeopardy than any human. item 3 = future AI at IBM = teaching a computer to write better captions to New Yorker cartoons than any human. My Spy article, to which item 3 is linked, hints there is a formula because there is so much repetition. I wrote another Spy article that showed Jay Leno and David Letterman several times told the same joke. Indicating there is a formula for their jokes.
item 3 seems unrelated to either AI or IBM…
That will be the next challenge for computers, after chess and Jeopardy: understanding the cartoons in the New Yorker.
item 1 = past AI at IBM = showing that a computer can play better chess than any human. item 2 = present AI at IBM = showing that a computer can play better Jeopardy than any human. item 3 = future AI at IBM = teaching a computer to write better captions to New Yorker cartoons than any human. My Spy article, to which item 3 is linked, hints there is a formula because there is so much repetition. I wrote another Spy article that showed Jay Leno and David Letterman several times told the same joke. Indicating there is a formula for their jokes.