6 posts and columns on Human

FindTheBest’s Kevin O’Connor Talks About Comparison Engine, Now Running Hot on $6M in Funding (Video)

in Commerce on July 28, 2011 at 9:15 am PT

How do you FindTheBest? Well, starting out with $6 million in venture funding won’t hurt.

Yahoo's (and Associated Content Founder) Luke Beatty Talks About Google's Content Farm Putsch

in News on February 28, 2011 at 8:02 am PT

Yahoo’s Luke Beatty said he is not worried. “We welcome the change,” he insisted about Google taking aim last Friday at so-called “content farms,” producers of low-quality content that spam up the Web and the search giant’s results. “And we endorse what Google is doing 100 percent.” That’s ironic, given among those allegedly hit hardest by the tweaking of its famous algorithm–based on early, and perhaps questionable, surveys–is Yahoo’s Associated Content. Its founder talked to BoomTown about the impact.

IBM "Jeopardy" Challenge Day One Ends in a Tie

in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm PT

Day one of the IBM “Jeopardy” challenge ends with a human player and the computer tied, and with some interesting wrong answers from the computer. Plus: “Final Jeopardy” author Stephen Baker fills us in with some first-hand details.

This Supercomputer Defeated Human Champions of a TV Game Show in 2011

in Enterprise on January 13, 2011 at 3:19 pm PT

Answer: What is IBM’s Watson? The supercomputer training for an expected TV debut next month on “Jeopardy” won a practice round today.

I'll Take Computer Company PR Stunts for $1,000,000

in Enterprise on December 14, 2010 at 7:06 am PT

This company built the supercomputer that beat the world’s greatest chess player and has now built one that plays on TV game shows. Answer: What is IBM?

MTV’s Video Site: Very Nice, Very Late

in Media on October 27, 2008 at 3:58 pm PT

Hulu for videos? No, but MTV’s new site is a nice, convenient place to watch music clips. But it’s nice to see it now, regardless: Clean interface, embeddable videos, social networky without actually trying to be a social network. It’s just too bad we didn’t get to look at it until 2008.