Human-Cyborg Matchup on Jeopardy: Ken Jennings vs. The Supercomputer | GeekDad | Wired.com: "Monday night starts the long-awaited double-header between two of Jeopardy’s best players ever — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — and a machine — the IBM Watson supercomputer. The grand prize for the two matches, which will be shown over three days, is $1 million. Second place gets $300,000 and third place $200,000, with part of the winnings going to charity.
According to the Jeopardy website, the challenge in creating Watson was to design a computing system that could answer questions posed in everyday English, including all the riddles, irony and word play typical of a Jeopardy game. Watson will be facing Jennings, who won a record-setting 74 consecutive games during the 2004-2005 season, and Rutter, an undefeated champion who earned the highest cumulative amount ever by a single Jeopardy player, $3,255,102."
Monday, February 14, 2011
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