by | Feb 18, 2011 | 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 …
by | Feb 18, 2011 | 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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by | Feb 17, 2011 | 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 b…
by | Feb 16, 2011 | Towing
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 …
by | Feb 15, 2011 | Towing
IBM’s supercomputer Watson racked up $5,000 in winnings on day one of the three-day Jeopardy! challenge Monday, but so did one of its human competitors. The human champs, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, face long odds — at least…