Final Jeopardy : man vs. machine and the quest to know everything /
Researchers at IBM launched a billion-dollar project to develop a machine that could compete in the quiz show Jeopardy--and win. The machine faced off in a high-ratings match against two former champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. Journalist Stephen Baker carries readers on a captivating journey...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2011.
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| 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 faced off in a high-ratings match against two former champions, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. 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 was a classic match of Man vs. Machine, not seen since the chess-playing computer Deep Blue bested the world's reigning grandmaster, Garry Kasparov. And Watson needed to do more than churn through chess moves or find a relevant Web page--it had to understand language, including puns and irony and master everything from history and literature to science, arts and entertainment. |
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| Physical Description: | 268 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-268). |
| ISBN: | 9780547483160 (hbk.) 0547483163 (hbk.) |