jeopardy
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Ken Jennings’ Watson Beatdown Fantasy
From this inscription, penned by Ken Jennings in his modestly-titled book, “Brainiac,” you might think he has some pent-up rage toward the computer mind that so effortlessly dominated him. But, no, it was just a request from a fan. [Reddit]
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Alex Trebek And Watson Tear Up Las Vegas
Poor Watson. He just wanted to play some Blackjack and that mean old dealer wouldn’t let him. If not for a cool-headed Trebek, we’d be looking at thermonuclear war. A defused punchline awaits… [Joy of Tech]
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Ken Jennings Was The Bad Guy On Watson’s Home Turf
You’d expect the trembling masses of humanity, terrified by the superior digital intellect of Watson, to have some solidarity. Not so, says formerly impressive Jeopardy player Ken Jennings. At IBM’s Watson research lab, where the robo-tourney taped, man was the enemy. [Slate]
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Watson Crashed Multiple Times On Jeopardy
If you saw the second night of Jeopardy’s Watson vs Man and Watson’s flat out dominance, I wouldn’t blame you for being a little bit sad about humanity. Thankfully it’s not straight to SkyNet for Watson, turns out the machine is a little unreliable and prone to crashes.