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IBM Watson Wins On Day 2 Of Jeopardy

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:56:15 +0000

Watson, a supercomputer designed by International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and currently competing in Jeopardy has won day 2 against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In the first game, Watson tied with Rutter and beat Jennings. The final score on today’s Jeopardy was: Watson: $35,734, Rutter: $10,400, Jennings: $4,800. Below are videos of the first game:

[AOL News]

IBM A.I. Computer To Take On Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter On Jeopardy

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:57:14 +0000

A supercomputer called Watson, developed by International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), will be competing with two of the most successful players on Jeopardy during three episodes between February 14-16, 2011. Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will be taking on the computer in those three episodes.

Jeopardy is the ultimate challenge for the computer since “the game’s clues involve analyzing subtle meaning, irony, riddles and other complexities in which humans excel and computers traditionally do not.” If Watson wins, then $1 million will be donated to charity. If one of the humans win, then half of the money will be donated to charity.

[NYTimes]

Alex Trebek AutoTunes Himself [VIDEO]

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:45:48 +0000

Jeopardy host Alex Trebek auto-tuned himself when asking questions about music.

IBM Computer Watson Being Developed To Compete On Jeopardy

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:03:15 +0000

IBM has created computers that can beat other humans in chess, but now they are planning on building a computer that can beat you at Jeopardy. The system is called the Watson and it will use artificial intelligence to index information related to questions asked on Jeopardy. The computer must be able to buzz when it knows the answer fast enough and even take into account the analogies and puns used on the show.

[via NYT]