Watson

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http://news.discovery.com/tech/ibm-c...ed-110215.html

So in the vein of Deep Blue, IBM has created a super-computer that can compete on Jeopardy. I watched the second of the 3 nights tonight, and was thoroughly impressed. I can usually answer 1/2 to 2/3 of the Questions on Jeopardy, but this thing was fast.

Then it got a daily double and put up some weird amount, something like a wager of $6,345, which left everybody chuckling.

Then came final Jeopardy. Watson was up like 20k to 5k each. The Clue was "US Cities".

The Answer was "What city's two largest Airports are named after a WWII Hero and a WWII Battle."

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I knew It was Chicago (O'Hare and Midway), and so did Jennings and Rutter, but Watson answered "Toronto??????" . But then It had only wagered $600.

It's absolutely amazing watching this. I do think it is too fast, as Watson gets the question as a text message while Trebec reads it aloud. I think there needs to be some delay as Watson was almost first to the buzzer.

If you have time, watch it tommorow (Wednesday) night.