IBM have moved on from Deep Blue in the 1990s to Jeopardy!, a US gameshow where the clue is the answer of a question, and you have to reply with the question. There are three shows, last night was the first one. Watson is a computer which has been designed to play the game, and is going head-to-head against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, who have won $5million between them at Jeopardy!.
Here is the first game: Part 1 Part 2
IBM's new challenge
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Re: IBM's new challenge
I warned you about that robot arm 
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They finished the first game overnight. The score was:
Watson $35,734
Brad $10,400
Ken $4,800
Interestingly the Final Jeopardy question had the topic "US Cities". The answer was, "Its largest airport is named after a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle".
Brad and Ken got "What is Chicago?"; the correct answer.
Watson went for "What is Toronto?"
Luckily for Watson, it was so far ahead by then, and bid so little, that it didn't really matter.
Watson $35,734
Brad $10,400
Ken $4,800
Interestingly the Final Jeopardy question had the topic "US Cities". The answer was, "Its largest airport is named after a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle".
Brad and Ken got "What is Chicago?"; the correct answer.
Watson went for "What is Toronto?"
Luckily for Watson, it was so far ahead by then, and bid so little, that it didn't really matter.
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Will IBM become OCP eventually?
Who will be Officer Murphy?
Who will be Officer Murphy?
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Page eleven of today's print edition of the Financial Times is devoted to this subject. Garry Kimovich rates a mention, because of his match with Deep Blue.
It's almost a relief to read an article in the mainstream press that does not give his narrative of the ending of the first Karpov-Kasparov match. If anyone has not already done so, Edward Winter has cast a forensic eye over the episode.
Heydar Aliyev, a favourite of Brezhnev's, was in the Kasparov camp, as is well known. Thus both title contenders had their KGB thugs lending support. Aliyev's position was threatened under perestroika. It is important to note, though, that Gorbachev only became General Secretary in 1985. As I understand it, the Kremlin was neutral in the bitter dispute concerning the termination. Apparently Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev, who was an important supporter of Gorbachev and, perhaps, the leading promoter of perestroika, has written of the Kremlin's disposition with respect to K vs K in his memoirs.
A Campomanes interview on youtube is available here. Given the difficult relationship with the truth cultivated by the late gaolbird, it is hard to know what to make of it.
It's almost a relief to read an article in the mainstream press that does not give his narrative of the ending of the first Karpov-Kasparov match. If anyone has not already done so, Edward Winter has cast a forensic eye over the episode.
Heydar Aliyev, a favourite of Brezhnev's, was in the Kasparov camp, as is well known. Thus both title contenders had their KGB thugs lending support. Aliyev's position was threatened under perestroika. It is important to note, though, that Gorbachev only became General Secretary in 1985. As I understand it, the Kremlin was neutral in the bitter dispute concerning the termination. Apparently Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev, who was an important supporter of Gorbachev and, perhaps, the leading promoter of perestroika, has written of the Kremlin's disposition with respect to K vs K in his memoirs.
A Campomanes interview on youtube is available here. Given the difficult relationship with the truth cultivated by the late gaolbird, it is hard to know what to make of it.