Here’s What Watson Actually Does (And: Cooked Avocado?)
Note to Self
WNYC Studios
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
IBM's Watson won Jeopardy. Now, it wants to win your trust in the kitchen — and beyond. This week, we test out the premise of cognitive computing. And cook an avocado.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friend. This is an episode of Note to Self, but from when we used to be called New Text City. |
| 0:06.6 | Same good content, just the old name. Enjoy. |
| 0:10.1 | Hey New Text City listener, if you're looking for another good podcast here is my recommendation of the week. |
| 0:15.6 | It's the longest shortest time with Hillary Frank. |
| 0:18.8 | It's for parents, or would-be parents, or anyone who is curious about bringing up the next generation of humans, it's really good. |
| 0:26.7 | Get the longest shortest time wherever you get your podcasts or listen to it on the WNYC app. |
| 0:36.7 | From WNYC, this is New Text City, where digital gets personal. I'm Anou Shemarodi. |
| 0:42.3 | And this is a show where we look at how technology is changing our lives, right? |
| 0:46.5 | Well, on this week's episode, please technology change my life in the kitchen. |
| 0:52.1 | I've had enough of big salads. Yes, I just used finger quotation marks. |
| 0:57.7 | You know the big salads I'm talking about. It's like half ahead of lettuce, and then you just dump on there whatever else you find in the refrigerator. |
| 1:04.9 | Some cheese, it's going on. Those little vinegar onions, yeah, they're going on to whatever it is. |
| 1:10.3 | If my glass of wine is big enough, I don't mind as much, but let's just say that the wine is flowing at my dining room table, but my creative juices are not. |
| 1:23.1 | Hey, you found the right way to come in, which is why I invited this guy over. |
| 1:28.1 | Can you take off your shoes? Yeah, of course. |
| 1:30.1 | Oh, I love your, I love your, what's that beeping sound? |
| 1:33.1 | That's coffee that I made you. That is the extent of my cooking. |
| 1:37.1 | By the way, did we have this conversation yet that where I've told you that I actually don't like cooking? |
| 1:44.1 | Yes. |
| 1:45.1 | This is Dan Pashman, and listeners, if you don't know him, well, you're in for a treat. |
| 1:50.1 | The impression I got from you was that it was more about just time and you're working and you got two kids and you're busy. |
| 1:55.1 | Okay, so I think I've mentioned Dan's podcast before. It's called The Sportful, and it also comes from WNYC, and it's more about eating than cooking, which is why I like it. |
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