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Final Jeopardy : the Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World

"Researchers at IBM have launched a billion-dollar project to develop a machine that can compete in the quiz show Jeopardy--and win. Early next year, if all goes well, the machine will face off in a nationally televised match against two kingpins of trivia: The reigning champion of Jeopardy, still to be determined, and the game's greatest all-time winner, Ken Jennings. Final Jeopardy, by journalist Stephen Baker, carries readers on a captivating journey from the IBM labs to the showdown in Hollywood. The story features brilliant Ph.D.s, Hollywood moguls, knowledge-obsessed Jeopardy masters--and a very special collection of silicon and circuitry named Watson. It is a classic match of Man vs. Machine, not seen since the chess-playing computer Deep Blue bested the world's reigning grandmaster, Garry Kasparov. But Watson will need to do more than churn through chess moves or find a relevant Web page. It will have to understand language, including puns and irony, and master everything from history and literature to science, arts, and entertainment"-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2011
Mariner Books, Boston, 2011
1 online resource (143 pages)
9780547519432, 0547519435
1032712586
Title Page; Contents; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction; 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; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources and Further Reading; About the Author; Connect with HMH; Footnotes
English