Yeah a computer was a contestant on an episode of the long running game show
Jeopardy! story from AP:
The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs.
Machine competition on "Jeopardy!" but bombed on the final answer where
the correct question was: What is Chicago?
That Final Jeopardy
answer: "Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its
second largest, for a World War II battle."
Both champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter knew the right response was Chicago.
Watson,
their IBM supercomputer nemesis, guessed doubtfully, "What is
Toronto?????" It didn't matter. He had shrewdly wagered only $947.
On
the 30-question game board, Jennings and Rutter managed only five
correct responses between them during the Double Jeopardy round that
aired Tuesday. They ended the first game of the two-game face-off with
paltry earnings of $4,800 and $10,400 respectively.
Yeah why didn't I see that show whenever it aired?
1 comment:
Congrats to IBM and Watson for their amazing achievement over the past few years. This is an incredible break through for technology andI anticipate great things from it. It is a shame how many folks seem to have a poor grasp on the complexity of the problem and consider this whole exercise "stupid". There will always be a troll for every subject.
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