For those of you who are fans of Jeopardy; there is a new champion in the house.
IBM supercomputer Watson blew away the competition Tuesday night during its Jeopardy showdown with the game show's former champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, commented Ian Paul on PCworld.com.
The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong. Watson ended the broadcast with $35,734, followed by Rutter at $10,400 and Jennings at $4,800. The competitors will square off again Wednesday night for a final Jeopardy battle.
Watson has been having some trouble on some advanced wordplay questions, and goofed on a final Jeopardy question but still blow away the human competition.
Joe Carretta
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