• Jeopardy contestant blows easy question

    Jeopardy contestant blows easy question

    Jeopardy contestant blows easy question. That’s not a headline you see a lot but it happens.The contestant named Joe made Alex Trebek give him the “you’re kidding, right?” look. The answer was “100+ assists in an NHL season has been accomplished only 13 times, 11 times by this player.”  Getting the question would be one thing an understandable…

  • IBM’s Watson Takes on Jeopardy

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8]   The game of Jeopardy! makes great demands on its players – from the range of topical knowledge covered to the nuances in language employed in the clues. Can the analytical power of a computer system – normally accustomed to executing precise requests – overcome these obstacles? Can the troves of knowledge written in human…