NY - "The game show Jeopardy" will pit man versus machine this winter in a competion that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. Two of the venerable game show's most successful champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will play "Watson" a computer program developed by IBM artificial intelligence team. The matches will be spread over three days that will air Feb. 14 - 16. The competition is reminiscent of when IBM developed a chess-playing computer to compete against chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
"Jeopardy" to Pit Man Against Machine
NY - "The game show Jeopardy" will pit man versus machine this winter in a competion that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. Two of the venerable game show's most successful champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will play "Watson" a computer program developed by IBM artificial intelligence team. The matches will be spread over three days that will air Feb. 14 - 16. The competition is reminiscent of when IBM developed a chess-playing computer to compete against chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
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