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IBM’s celebrated supercomputer Watson will square off against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a first-of-its-kind competition to be aired over three nights in February.
The grand prize is $1 million; second place wins $300,000; third place receives $200,000. Jennings and Rutter have pledged 50 percent of their winnings to charity; IBM will donate all of its prize.During a demonstration round Thursday, Watson handily defeated the two Jeopardy champions.The IBM Jeopardy Challenge represents a milestone in the development of artificial intelligence, and is part of Big Blue’s centennial celebration.
Named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, the supercomputer is one of the most advanced systems on Earth and was programmed by 25 IBM scientists over the last four years.
Kelly said the lessons IBM learned from developing Watson would be applicable across industries, including law, business, and especially medicine.
“Watson can read all of the health-care texts in the world in seconds,” Kelly said. “And that’s our first priority, creating a Dr. Watson, if you will.”
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