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Watson, Jeopardy and me, the obsolete know-it-all

Ken Jennings · TED

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Trivia whiz Ken Jennings has made a career as a keeper of facts; he holds the longest winning streak in history on the US quiz show Jeopardy. But in 2011, he played a challenge match against IBM's supercomputer Watson -- and lost. With humor and humility, Jennings tells us how it felt to have a computer literally beat him at his own game, and makes the case for good old-fashioned human knowledge.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxSeattleU
Speaker
Ken Jennings
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science
Source
TED
Licence
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