IBM's AI lost debate to a human

For anyone interested in listening in, here’s a link to the podcast: https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/ibm-project-de...

I was personally (as someone not currently following the state of the art) quite impressed with Project Debater. She seemed fairly capable of understanding Harish’s arguments, though at a basic level and making some assumptions that I’m not sure were actually implied by his arguments.

I’m just getting into learning about ML, so if anyone with a better understanding of the field wants to share their insights about this project, I’d love to hear it!

Next round: A debate about those English-speaking unicorns that were, ah, "reportedly" discovered in a small valley somewhere in South America...