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Computer's Appearance on Jeopardy! More Than Just a Numbers Game
“On the surface, it has all the makings of a gimmick: pitting the greatest champion in the history of the TV game show Jeopardy! against a computer opponent, much like chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov took on supercomputer Deep Blue more than a decade ago. But behind IBM’s latest media event is an audacious scientific goal: to bridge the gap between artificial and human intelligence.” Interesting, but I'm not entirely sure I want a computer that can understand EVERYTHING I say.
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