So instead of ending up with a malfunctioning killer AI army that tech mavens are horrified about, IBM is betting research money on making its most recent well-known supercomputer, Watson, a fantasy sports manager. You know, the "Jeopardy!" winner, the one that's also going to be a sleuthy doctor's assistant soon.
IBM announced in a statement today that it's partnering up Watson's ecosystem with Edge Up Sports to help fantasy football coaches optimize their teams.
"Successful fantasy owners dedicate several hours per week strategizing for fantasy football. Still, with so much information available, it's difficult to stay current on the latest news and information surrounding players," the statement read.
And it looks like Watson is going to trawl through a lot of real-time updates and tweets to advise fantasy football coaches how they'd like to up their game.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 13 2015, @05:33PM
Make that less than 10 seconds of action (100 yards field, only a punt return takes more than 10s).
Then they can take about 30 seconds to reset, but they mostly just stand there while their paycheck get padded by 5 minutes of ads.
The average "playing time" (as other sports would define it) is about 11 minutes.
You have to be born with it, I guess.