Three upcoming episodes of Jeopardy will feature two human contestants battling an IBM computer to see how successful scientists were in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. Two former champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, will play against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team. The episodes will air between February 14th and 16th. "Watson" will be represented by a round avatar. The winner gets a $1 million prize. IBM plans to donate its winnings to charity, while Jennings and Rutter said they would give half of their prize money away.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Final Jeopardy!
Three upcoming episodes of Jeopardy will feature two human contestants battling an IBM computer to see how successful scientists were in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. Two former champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, will play against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team. The episodes will air between February 14th and 16th. "Watson" will be represented by a round avatar. The winner gets a $1 million prize. IBM plans to donate its winnings to charity, while Jennings and Rutter said they would give half of their prize money away.
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