'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Thomas J. Watson, May 1914-May 1956
Note to self: Never play "Jeopardy!" with a supercomputer.
The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!"
The computer outsmarted its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!"
The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!"
In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday.
In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday.
When he was mowing down opponents en route to a record of 74 wins in a row on the game show "Jeopardy!" Ken Jennings often seemed more machine than man.
It's the size of 10 refrigerators, and it swallows encyclopedias whole, but an IBM computer was lacking one thing it needed to battle the greatest champions from the "Jeopardy!" quiz show.
On Thursday, an IBM computer named Watson won a practice round of "Jeopardy!" against Ken Jennings, who won a record 74 consecutive games in 2004-05, and Brad Rutter, who won a record of nearly $3.3 million in prize money.
"I'll wager $6,435," Watson (named for IBM founder Thomas J. Watson) said in his pleasant electronic voice.
Watson added $1,246 to his stash.
