Tag Archives: Watson

Feb 17

Ken Jennings on losing to Watson

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Tom

Former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings writes about his experience losing to IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy!. But there’s no shame in losing to silicon, I thought to myself as I greeted the (suddenly friendlier) team of IBM engineers after the match. … Read More →

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Feb 11

The online Jeopardy! archive

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Tom

In preparation for next week’s tournament Slate has a story on J-Archive, the nearly comprehensive online Jeopardy! archive along with one on the most common categories and hardest clues in Jeopardy! history. I’ll take Man vs. Machine for $200, Alex.

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Jan 26

Inside Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy Computer

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Tom

InformaationWeek has a slideshow on Watson, the computer that will compete on Jeopardy. The competition with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will be aired on February 14-16. Watson has already beaten the two champions in practice, in case you’re the … Read More →

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Dec 14

Jeopardy! to pit humans against IBM machine

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Tom

At first the idea of pitting humans against computers on ‘Jeopardy!’ sounds like a fair fight. But given the linguistic complexity of some of the clues, I think Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter could give Watson a run for IBM’s … Read More →

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