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Re: IBM Supercomputer to Match Critical Thinking Wits With 'Jeopardy' Wonks
Posted by: Richard Adhikari 2009-04-28 09:12:29

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Having developed Deep Blue, the supercomputer that famously beat out world chess champion Gary Kasparov back in 1997, IBM is now working on a computer built to compete in the TV quiz show "Jeopardy." This will use a system based on Question Answering, a computer science approach that tries to build software systems that can provide accurate, useful answers to questions people ask using natural language. IBM researchers have been working for two years on the system, code-named "Watson."

Safeguard the world's supply of chocolate?
Posted by: josephmartins 2009-04-28 09:14:21 In reply to: Richard Adhikari

Was it ever in jeopardy? No pun intended.

And who put Mars in charge?