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Don't forget Monday through Wednesday Jeopardy is going to have their two best players of all time play an IBM computer.

Winner gets 1 Million. So if IBM wins it goes to the company.
Second get 300,000.
and last gets 200,000.

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Originally posted by RBHILL
Don't forget Monday through Wednesday Jeopardy is going to have their two best players of all time play an IBM computer.

Winner gets 1 Million. So if IBM wins it goes to the company.
Second get 300,000.
and last gets 200,000.
What an IBM 360?

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WTF does this entire thread mean?

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Originally posted by jimslyp69
WTF does this entire thread mean?
http://www.jeopardy.com/news/watson1x7ap4.php

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Originally posted by RBHILL
Don't forget Monday through Wednesday Jeopardy is going to have their two best players of all time play an IBM computer.

Winner gets 1 Million. So if IBM wins it goes to the company.
Second get 300,000.
and last gets 200,000.
IBM claims its winnings will go to charity 100%. That's the claim anyway.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
IBM claims its winnings will go to charity 100%. That's the claim anyway.
That cool, it's not like they need the money.

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The man missed a question then the computer gave the same question for the same answer. I guess the computer expert(s) of IBM need to fix that nonsense.

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Originally posted by gambit3
The man missed a question then the computer gave the same question for the same answer. I guess the computer expert(s) of IBM need to fix that nonsense.
It was funny last night it got the first answer right, then it picked right at the start the daily double.

Also one of the guy got a wrong answer and then the computer said the same one. So that is dumb that it is unable to know what the other players say.

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Unless I was not paying attention the computer missed the final question really badly. It called Toronto, Canada a U. S. city.

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Originally posted by gambit3
Unless I was not paying attention the computer missed the final question really badly. It called Toronto, Canada a U. S. city.
Just say it, lol. I think it's funny that it got both daily doubles in round two and bet weird numbers like 1246. And when he lost on the Toronto question he lost like 947.

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Originally posted by RBHILL
Just say it, lol. I think it's funny that it got both daily doubles in round two and bet weird numbers like 1246. And when he lost on the Toronto question he lost like 947.
Final jeopardy asked a two part question about an airport in the US. Watson replied Toronto. Still way ahead.

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Originally posted by YEAH BOY
Final jeopardy asked a two part question about an airport in the US. Watson replied Toronto. Still way ahead.
Compared with night 1, it was a walkaway. I see nothing about airports near Toronto that would fit the criteria. I would like it if the IBM folks had a bit of of code that said, with this much of a lead, bet almost nothing, and give an answer with a Canadian reference, because of Trebek being Canadian.

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i think it is ridiculous to allow a human to play against a machine humans should play against another human and that goes for chess to

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Originally posted by genuis
i think it is ridiculous to allow a human to play against a machine humans should play against another human and that goes for chess to
Boo.

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Jennings rocked today but it was not enough. P.S. The computer made two moronic mistakes in the match. One it repeated a incorrect question and two it called a Canadian city a U.S. city. I do not believe a person would ever make the first mistake.