If you’re going to get a question wrong, you might as well do it with style. This young genius demonstrated panache throughout, including one of the gutsiest Double Jeopardy bets I’ve ever seen. No hesitation there. He ends it the right way. Click play – don’t read the thumbnail in the video until you see… Continue reading Teen Jeopardy! champion ends his run like a boss
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IBM’s Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]
IBM’s Watson supercomputer had its first shot at Jeopardy last night, and, overall, it went well. Watson had a few moments that made me scratch my head — and it was clear near the end that Watson was having some trouble understanding the questions — but he did manage to tie with one of his… Continue reading IBM’s Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]
IBM Develop World’s First Artificial Game Show Contestant – And He Cleans Up REAL Well
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8[/youtube] Check this out. As you may or may not have already hit play, you may or may not already know that this is Watson, a computer by IBM that they’ve dubbed a ‘question answering system’. As horrifyingly uninteresting as that sounds, this is the closest I’ve come to a sense of ‘awe’ at the… Continue reading IBM Develop World’s First Artificial Game Show Contestant – And He Cleans Up REAL Well