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Man versus machine 'Jeopardy' is highest-rated episode in years, Watson fumbles important question in day 2

article published on 15 February, 2011

Last night's showing of "Jeopardy!," which featured former champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter taking on IBM's supercomputer Watson, was the highest rated episode of the show since 2007, drawing an 8.7 household rating. The taping's draw was 24 percent higher than the show's 2010 average, and a similar (or higher) rating is expected for tonight's continuation episode. After the ... [ read the full article ]

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18. February 2011 @ 10:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sure, it starts with Watson...next thing you know it develops a sense of humor / sarcasm and it changes it's name to Skynet!! A.I. FTW!!!

Life is a trip! Enjoy the ride!
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18. February 2011 @ 12:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It makes me want to watch the Sarah O'connor Chronicle again...

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18. February 2011 @ 19:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's a lot of whining from David Ferrucci. After all, wasn't that the point of the exercise? A virtual "not-fair" argument is stupid.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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24. February 2011 @ 22:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd love to hear what John Searle has to say about this.
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