Jeopardy versus a computer was boring and unfair

[shandrew]

I looked forward to the Ken Jennings (human) vs Brad Rutter (human) vs IBM Watson (8 racks of computer) battle on Jeopardy. However, it turned out to be a dull match. All three competitors could correctly answer 70-90% of the clues by the time the clue had finished being read. They were likely an close match in terms of knowledge, but we'll never

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[night_princess]

This was the first Jeopardy episode I've seen in decades. If I had ever known the mechanics of Jeopardy clicking, my neurons dropped the data a very long time ago. I probably stopped watching Jeopardy because the game show itself became boring, even the normal matches with all-human competitors