Elementary, my dear Watson
June 27, 2010
I
haven't yet read the Watson article in the Sunday New York Times
magazine, but I heard it being discussed on the Salon.com daily
podcast, the cultural gabfest (on my podcast list, and worth a listen).
Apparently, the IBM supercomputer can now play Jeopardy, and
beat
a pretty good opponent. The author of the article doubted the computer
could beat Ken Jenning, the Jeopardy super-champ. There is
apparently an effort underway to have the two of them compete on an
edition of the program. I can't wait! I haven't really watched Jeopardy
much since I appeared on the show and lost in 1985, but I'd go out of
my way to see this one. Check out a video here, or the NY Times piece here.