Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything
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- Synopsis
- Technology journalist Baker reveals the story behind Watson, the IBM computer designed specifically to compete in the television quiz show Jeopardy! against some of the show's greatest champions. The nature of the show, with puns and other forms of wordplay complicating the task of recalling the wide range of knowledge prompted by Jeopardy!'s "answers," posed a significant challenge in artificial intelligence design, in some ways a far more subtle challenge than that faced by IBM's chess-playing computer, Deep Blue. Baker discusses the people behind the program, the origins and progress of the program, the computing and artificial intelligence issues raised, and related topics. (Following publication, Watson handily trounced former Jeopardy! champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the televised challenge. ) Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 270 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780547483160
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 03/19/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen Baker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet
- Submitted By:
- University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston
- Proofread By:
- Tomoko Miles
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.