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More than just Google on Steroids

filthy light thief — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:45:40 -0800

IBM Research is planning on working on taking artificial intelligence beyond master-level Chess (previously), and on to question answering with a computing system that has been in development for the past two years. Named "Watson," after the I.B.M. founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., the system will challenge human contestants at Jeopardy (previously). Watson's success depends as much on its ability to understand and respond to the subtleties of human language as it does on the extent of its knowledge database. Don't worry, Alex Trebek knows what's in store. (via)

Jeopardy history

Silky Slim — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:28:51 -0800

Jeopardy history. This early hint came to pass last night; For the first time after 23 years, all 3 contestants in an episode of Jeopardy came to an exact tie.

Nerd.

Stan Chin — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:36:10 -0800

The Day is Mine, Trebek. Who wants to punch Ken Jennings in the face?