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Designing the face of IBM Watson

February 20, 2011 @ 5:58 pm

M&W posted this fascinating look at the design of IBM’s Watson supercomputer “face” by Joshua Davis. It turns out that there is a lot of detail being shown in Watson’s swirling globe and just about every color, line, and glow … Continue reading →

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Overview of IBM Watson on Jeopardy!

February 20, 2011 @ 2:33 pm

This is truly an inspirational and emotional overview of the achievements of the IBM Watson team as it competed on Jeopardy! last week and won the tournament against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter (two former Jeopardy! top winners). I’m really … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour on the IBM super-computer “Watson” on Jeopardy!

February 17, 2011 @ 8:24 pm

One of the big tech stories this past week has been the 3-day Man vs. Machine challenge on popular trivia show Jeopardy!. In the 3-day event, an IBM super-computer named Watson (named after one of IBM’s co-founders) goes up against … Continue reading →

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