Smartest Machine on Earth

February 10, 2011 - 2:34pm — Bibliofuture

Episode premiered last night. I watched it and I think librarians will find this episode interesting and thought provoking.

If you search the schedule at your local PBS website you should find other times this shows. For example Iowa Public TV shows these times:
Thu, February 10, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
Thu, February 10, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
Thu, February 10, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
Fri, February 11, 1:00 AM on IPTV World

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February 10, 2011 - 2:39pm — Bibliofuture

IBM Video

IBM and the Jeopardy Challenge
Has over 400,000 views

February 12, 2011 - 12:39pm — Bibliofuture

NPR story

IBM Computer Faces Off Against 'Jeopardy' Champs
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/11/133686004/IBM-Computer-Faces-Off-Against-Jeopardy-Champs

Four years in the works, IBM's supercomputer "Watson" will compete against Jeopardy! champions from Feb. 14-16. To win, the computer will have to process often-ambiguous natural language, including irony and wordplay. Stephen Baker, author of Final Jeopardy, talks about Watson's chances.

February 14, 2011 - 2:45pm — Bibliofuture

Tonight

Watson is on Jeopardy tonight. See: http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/watson/

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