IBM's Watson

  In 2011 IBM’s Watson competed on the hit TV show Jeopardy.  Watson is a computer system designed to answer questions posed in natural language.  Watson continuously outperformed its human components, including two of the most successful Jeopardy contestants, Ken Jennings and Ben Rutter.  Image is of IBM employees demonstrating Watson’s ability to play Jeopardy.  Image By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14967544

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2011 to 2011