See also this video from IBM uploaded in June of this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8
(Includes a short bits where 'Watson' messes up.)
Peter
On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:22 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
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> "An I.B.M. supercomputer system named after the company’s founder, Thomas J. Watson Sr., is almost ready for a televised test: a bout of questioning on the quiz show 'Jeopardy'...'Watson' will face the two most successful players in 'Jeopardy' history, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in three episodes that will be broadcast Feb. 14-16, 2011. For I.B.M., 'Watson' is an important test of artificial intelligence. Scientists there have been talking to 'Jeopardy' about a man vs. machine match-up for the better part of two years."
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> Full text at: http://bit.ly/eJqDML
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> Bernie Sloan
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