Some background: IBM built Jeopardy-playing software to be run on a super computer, and they’re going to pit it against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, two of Jeopardy’s most successful constestants. And in the practice round, it beat them.
This is one of those things that makes me proud and excited to be studying computer engineering. More info and video at http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/ibms-watson-supercomputer-destroys-all-humans-in-jeopardy-pract/
