Versett History
This pioneering Albertan homesteader, amateur pilot, and master tool-builder is the namesake of the Douglas mountain range in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains
Who is Lawrence Douglas Versett?
This AI system demonstrated its intelligence on this very show by beating champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in 2011 to win a $1 million prize.
What is IBM Watson?
This individual used to sell Vacuum Cleaners door to door and was once asked to chair a conference on Climate Change Science
Who is Arron Gibson?
This internet search giant chose their name based off of a large number but actually spelled it as a typo
Who is Google
This circular dough covered with sauce cheese and toppings is baked in a hot oven usually on top of stone
What is Pizza?
In 2022, these two companies teamed up with Versett to create the incredible force of nature known as Versett 2.0
Who are Domain 7 and Playground?
Originally called the imitation game, this is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
What is The Turing Test?
This Versetters dog, juicy, has been a constant fixture in the Vancouver office for years
Who Is Heather James
This Indian-American business executive become the CEO of Microsoft in 2014.
Who is Satya Nadella
This food staple for more than 3 billion people. Worldwide is the seed of a grass and additionally, it tastes great with some Curry chicken on top.
What is Rice?
This performance marketing agency, based in Edmonton, was added to the Versett family of companies in January 2023
What is Kulin?
This neural net system was trained to play the board game Go and famously beat Lee Sedol, the fourth-best global player, in 2016.
What is AlphaGo?
This founder claims to have eaten pasta basically every day for breakfast, while they were a youngster
Who is Taylor Carcasole
This multilingual free online encyclopedia, written and maintained by a community of volunteers, was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001
What is Wikipedia?
This noodle soup dish has many different, regional and cultural variation, including miso, shoyu & tonkotsu
What is Ramen?
This is the name for a series of published memos from CEO Doug Van Spronsen that included titles like “Success and Vulnerability” and “Client Selection”
What are Versett Notes?
These are the words behind the acronym GPT in the OpenAI product “Chat GPT”
What is a Generative Pre-trained Transformer
This member of the design team was once stranded on a military island for four days
Who is Chris Govias
This inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet in 1989
Who is Time Berners Lee?
This brunch favourite is comprised of a pie shell filled with a choice of toppings and beaten eggs, and then baked in an oven
What is a Quiche?