IBM’s artificial intelligence Project Debater successfully debated against human champions in live public event

Briefing

IBM's artificial intelligence Project Debater successfully debated against human champions in live public event

June 25, 2018

Briefing

  • AI Debater – Technology giant IBM built artificial intelligence (AI), called Project Debater, that successfully discoursed with two Israeli expert debaters at IBM’s Watson West site in San Francisco on June 18, 2018
  • Debate Program and Topics – Each debater had to make four-minute opening statement, four-minute rebuttal, and two-minute summary for or against subsidization of space exploration and increased use of telemedicine
  • Factual Arguments – In opening statement, AI presented facts collected from internal database comprised of different sources, such as newspapers, journals, and others
  • No Pre-Training – AI was not pre-trained on any topic and did not know topic in advance
  • Audience Opinion – Quick audience poll showed people thought that IBM’s AI enriched their knowledge more than human debaters

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

International Business Machines Corp.

Source

Original Publication Date

June 18, 2018

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