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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2011-02-16 08:02 pm

On Watson on Jeopardy

In case you haven't see the results yet,

I bet Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings had some pretty mixed feelings at that match.

In order to be a Jeopardy champion, you have to have a good competitive streak, so they can't have liked losing.

On the other hand, in order to be a Jeopardy champion, you also have to be a pretty serious geek, and, to a pretty serious geek, a computer that can win at Jeopardy is really freakin' cool.

[identity profile] patgreene.livejournal.com 2011-02-18 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ken Jennings is an absolutely delightful man. I had the um, privilege? of being trounced by him during his run in 2004. I loved his comment on Final Jeopardy!