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Hot-Buzzer Topic: Did IBM’s Watson Have an Advantage on ‘Jeopardy!’?

by on Feb.18, 2011, under Towing

It’s all over but the shouting, when it comes to the highly-publicized, man vs. machine contest on Jeopardy! But a debate has surfaced over whether IBM’s Watson supercomputer had a built-in advantage in the event, when it came to buzzing-in answers to clues.

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Hot-Buzzer Topic: Did IBM’s Watson Have an Advantage on ‘Jeopardy!’? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:50:00.

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Daily Blogwatch: How the Kardashians Made $65 Million Last Year

by on Feb.18, 2011, under Towing

Some of today’s online stories for investors: What was it like to play against IBM’s Watson? How did the Kardashians make $65mm last year? Is the music industry dead?

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Daily Blogwatch: How the Kardashians Made $65 Million Last Year originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:30:00.

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Watson Wasn’t Perfect: IBM Explains the ‘Jeopardy!’ Errors

by on Feb.17, 2011, under Towing

If nobody’s perfect, same goes for computers. Big Blue’s digital dynamo Watson may have handily defeated its human rivals this week on the Jeopardy! challenge, but it made some major errors along the way. IBM’s engineers have been posting post-mortems about that on the Internet.

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Watson Wasn’t Perfect: IBM Explains the ‘Jeopardy!’ Errors originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:15:00.

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Man vs. Machine Finale: Watson Whips the Humans in ‘Jeopardy!’ Challenge

by on Feb.16, 2011, under Towing

IBM supercomputer Watson on Jeopardy!

For Watson, it was elementary. IBM’s mighty supercomputer has landed the title of new Jeopardy! champ. No matter how hard Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings — the two human contestants pitted against the machine — tried, they were just no match for the brainy Watson.

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Man vs. Machine Finale: Watson Whips the Humans in ‘Jeopardy!’ Challenge originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:45:00.

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Machine Beats Man: IBM’s Watson Wins First Game of ‘Jeopardy!’ Challenge

by on Feb.15, 2011, under Towing

IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t The Terminator. But it did easily beat out two human champions in the first game of a much-anticipated Jeopardy! showdown between man and machine. The event is also proving to be a ratings winner for CBS.

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Machine Beats Man: IBM’s Watson Wins First Game of ‘Jeopardy!’ Challenge originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:45:00.

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