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IBM supercomputer beats humans in Jeopardy practice round

article published on 7 February, 2011

IBM's supercomputer "Watson," set to take on human contestants on "Jeopardy" this month, has beaten its two competitors in a quick practice round. Watson will take on all-time champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. In 2005, Ken Jennings won 74 straight games en route to $2.5 million in earnings. Rutter did not win as many games, but took home $3.2 million, the highest ever. Watson ... [ read the full article ]

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Cool...now they just need to build it a body and give it a gun!
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Well, a supercomputer already beat the world champion. Where do you go after that?
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