Radio Free Hipster Ep. 37: Ophidiophobia
This episode is all about fear and snakes and Alex Trebek–because, clearly, I understand my audience.
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Does Your Kid Have What It Takes to Be the Next Jeopardy! Champion?
One of the coolest things that ever happened to me was getting an email saying I had scored high enough on the online test to qualify for an audition to be on Jeopardy! Although I never got the call to …
Continue ReadingWhy Watson’s Jeopardy! Win Is Mostly Meaningless (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Don’t worry: Computers aren’t going to take over the world any time soon. IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! is little more than a publicity stunt. Its value as a scientific experiment is roughly on par …
Continue ReadingWhy Watson’s Jeopardy! Win Is Mostly Meaningless — By a Former Contestant
Don’t worry: Computers aren’t going to take over the world any time soon. IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! is little more than a publicity stunt. Its value as a scientific experiment is roughly on par …
Continue ReadingWhat’s With Watson’s Weird Bets? And Other Questions About IBM’s Jeopardy-Playing Machine
Tuesday night at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the computer guys from IBM had to explain to an auditorium full of Jeopardy and computer geeks how their supercomputer Watson responded “What is Toronto????” in the category of “U.S. Cities.” And what was …
Continue ReadingHuman-Cyborg Matchup on Jeopardy: Ken Jennings vs. The Supercomputer
Monday night starts the long-awaited double-header between two of Jeopardy’s best players ever — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — and a machine — the IBM Watson supercomputer. The grand prize for the two matches, which will be shown over …
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