Watson in Seattle: Tips from Ken Jennings on beating IBM’s supercomputer

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A scaled-down version of IBM’s Watson will be in Seattle starting this weekend for the SC11 supercomputer conference, giving attendees a chance to match wits with the machine that made a name for itself on television competing against Jeopardy! champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last year. As it happens, we had Jennings as a… Read More…

Q&A: ‘Final Jeopardy’ author Stephen Baker on Watson, IBM, the future of e-books and the fate of humanity

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Stephen Baker is the journalist and author who traced IBM’s Watson project from its inception and development all the way through its TV duel with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy earlier this year. He’s in Seattle this week as part of a tour for his book, “Final Jeopardy” – speaking on the Microsoft campus… Read More…