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Our robot overlord isn't named HAL or SkyNET -- it's Watson.After four years of development, IBM on Thursday publicly unveiled a computing system that specializes in analyzing natural human language and answering complex questions. In other words, it's really good at Jeopardy!.To test its acumen, the machine was pitted in an exhibition match against the most celebrated human contestants, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, to stunning effect. Watson quickly cleared out the entire first category without the humans getting even a buzz in.Named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, the project is a defining breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology, said John E. Kelly III, senior vice president and director of IBM Research. "We've created a system that can interact in a very special way," he said at the demonstration. "People spend their lifetime trying to advance [the field of artificial intelligence] by inches. What Watson does has demonstrated the ability to advance the field of arti...
In the "Jeopardy!" battle of man vs. machine, man and machine were neck-and-neck on Monday.Human player Brad Rutter and the supercomputer named Watson ended an initi...
N.J. Rep. Rush Holt beats 'Watson' in exhibition match
IBM's supercomputer wins Jeopardy match
IBM Watson Project Lead Researcher Dave Ferrucci on training a supercomputer to beat human Jeopardy champions.
It's the size of 10 refrigerators, and it swallows encyclopedias whole, but an IBM computer was lacking one thing it needed to battle the greatest champions from the...
Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the "Jeopardy"-winning computer.U.S. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey — a five-time champion during the ...
IBM supercomputer Watson, which established its dominance by trouncing on "Jeopardy" champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, met its match Tuesday night against a Ne...
FBN's Dennis Kneale discusses the success of IBM's super computer Watson .
As the IBM computer Watson competes against "Jeopardy!" champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, one thing is clear: The viewers will lose.Aside from the curiosity of...
The game show "Jeopardy!" will pit man versus machine this winter in a competition that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic...
FBN's Dennis Kneale weighs in on IBM's supercomputer, Watson .
Panel on Watson's 'Jeopardy' victory
Jeopardy champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings on facing IBM's supercomputer Watson for a million-dollar prize.
'Jeopardy' champ slugs it out with computer
FBN's Dennis Kneale on the battle between Jeopardy champions and IBM’s 'Watson'.
Game show legend Ken Jennings tells Alan about his 'Jeopardy!' showdown against a computer.
'Jeopardy!' pits IBM supercomputer against top champions for million-dollar prize
The computer outsmarted its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!"On the 30-question game board, veteran "Jeopardy!" champs Ke...
NEW YORK -- Note to self: Never play "Jeopardy!" with a supercomputer.That's a useful lesson for me or any mortal who has followed the Man vs. Machine faceoff this ...
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