On Watson on Jeopardy

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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.

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[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

It looked to me as if Rutter was constantly leaning away from Watson, while Jennings was standing up straight; and Soren and I both giggled when Jennings patted Watson at the end of the match.

The men looked a bit tired in the second game; our guess is that they were being much much more alert and quick on the buzzer, which is draining.

[ron_newman]

I thought whoever answered "What is TAB" should have been credited with a correct question.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Ken's comment on that: "Believe me, I was enjoying (almost) every second. Getting beat on the buzzer is frustrating, but are you kidding? I AM PLAYING A PRIME-TIME GAME SHOW AGAINST A SUPER-ADVANCED ROBOT! This is the coolest thing I will every do in my life by a factor of a million. The future is here."

From a chat he did at http://live.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-ken-jennings.html?hpid=talkbox1

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

.... sounds about right.