On Watson on Jeopardy
Feb. 16th, 2011 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xiphiasIn 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.
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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Date: 2011-02-17 01:42 pm (UTC)