IBM’s in “Jeopardy”

By  |  Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 9:31 am

Computers beating humans at chess? Easy. Computers beating humans at Jeopardy? Unimaginably challenging–but an IBM supercomputer is now a really good (but not yet brilliant) Jeopardy player, and is gearing up to compete with human champions on TV. This New York Times piece by Clive Thompson on all this is among the best articles on technology you’ll read this year.

 
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  1. Hamranhansenhansen Says:
    June 17th, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    Yes, great article. This is so needed to help with information overload.

  2. Tom B Says:
    June 18th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Let me know when computers start winning Blind Date. I’m inclined to believe this would not be a good thing….

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