Final Jeopardy : man vs. machine and the quest to know everything / Stephen Baker.

By: Baker, Stephen, 1955 Nov. 15-.

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-268).Description: 268 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780547483160 (hbk.); 0547483163 (hbk.).Subject(s): Jeopardy! (Television program

| Natural language processing (Computer science)

| Semantic computing

| Artificial intelligence

| Database management

| Watson (Computer)

DDC classification: 006.3

Contents:

The germ of the Jeopardy machine -- And representing the humans-- -- Blue J is born -- Educating Blue J -- Watson's face -- Watson takes on humans -- AI -- A season of jitters -- Watson looks for work -- How to play the game -- The match.

Summary: Researchers at IBM launched a billion-dollar project to develop a machine that could compete in the quiz show Jeopardy--and win. The machine was pitted against former champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a classic Man vs. Machine match.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-268).

Researchers at IBM launched a billion-dollar project to develop a machine that could compete in the quiz show Jeopardy--and win. The machine was pitted against former champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a classic Man vs. Machine match.

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Final Jeopardy : man vs. machine and the quest to know everything / Stephen Baker.

By: Baker, Stephen, 1955 Nov. 15-.

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