Part 2
February 15
Last time, Watson found a Daily Double
and parlayed that into a $1400 lead early in the Jeopardy! round, but
Brad rallied back to tie the supercomputer at $5000 at the half to Ken's
$2000.
Game 1 continues... right now.
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Ken Jennings
Seattle
computer programmer & author
74-game winning streak |
Watson
Yorktown
Heights, NY
IBM deep question-answering supercomputer |
Brad Rutter
Los Angeles
aspiring TV host & actor
Ultimate champion |
$2,000 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
A few things to note before
we continue...
1) As stated before, the
real computer is next to the taping area. What stands behind the podium
is Watson's avatar.
2) Watson can neither hear
nor see. It will receive all clues electronically as a text-file.
3) If Watson has a high
coefficient of confidence in an answer, the rays will turn green. If
it's either-or, the rays will turn yellow. If his answer is wrong, the
rays will turn red. And as we've seen in companion pieces to this match,
Watson will have to analyze the clues and look for key words that will
match. So there is a chance that Watson will ring in with an incorrect
response.
4) Speaking of ringing in,
Watson has a "buzz threshold". If a given response is not up to that
threshold, he will not ring in. In that, he is just like any other
Jeopardy! contestant. It knows what it knows, and it knows what it
doesn't know.
And now, our newest grand
challenge continues with Double Jeopardy!...
ETUDE, BRUTE |
HEDGEHOG-
PODGE |
DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT |
THE ART OF
THE STEAL |
CAMBRIDGE |
"CHURCH" &
"STATE" |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Cambridge.
It's been all Watson to start the round with $14,600 to Ken's $2000 and Brad's
$5000. He wagers $6435. Probably best not to ask. The clue: the chapels at
Pembroke & Emmanuel Colleges were designed by this architect. "Who is Sir
Christopher Wren? (85%)" Correct for $21,035.
Daily Double #2: $1200 the Art of
the Steal. Watson continues to lead with $21,035. Brad has $3400 to Ken's $400.
This is for the trifecta. He wagers $1246 on this: the ancient "Lion of Nimrud"
went missing from this city's National Museum in 2003 (along with a lot of other
stuff). "I'll take a guess, what is Baghdad?" At 32% confidence, it is only a
guess. But it's a good one for $22,281!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$2,400 |
$36,681 |
$5,400 |
Ken |
Watson |
Brad |
Game 1 in this historic match will
continue tomorrow.
Final Jeopardy! category: US CITIES
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ITS LARGEST
AIRPORT IS NAMED FOR A WORLD WAR II HERO; ITS SECOND LARGEST, FOR A WORLD
WAR II BATTLE |
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Correct response: what is
Chicago?
Ken's response: what is Chicago? RIGHT. Wager:
$2400. Total: $4800.
Brad's response: what is Chicago? RIGHT. Wager: $5000. Total: $10,400.
Watson's response: what is Toronto?????? WRONG. Wager: $947. Total:
$35,734.
The many question marks on
Watson's response signify that he had many many doubts about his
response.
At the end of game 1...
Will it be the Brainiac, the
Ultimate Champion, or the Deep Thinking Supercomputer? The IBM Challenge
reaches its heady climax tomorrow!
To read all about the challenge
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com. To learn more about Watson, go to
www.ibmwatson.com.
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