Final Jeopardy : Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything

English

ISBN: 0547483163

EAN: 9780547483160

Category: Performing Arts / Television / General/Computers / Computer Science/Computers / Natural Language Processing/Computers / Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics/Computers / Databases / General/

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Release Date: 02/18/2011

Synopsis: What if there were a computer that could answer virtually any question? IBM engineers are developing such a machine, teaching it to compete on the quiz show Jeopardy. In February 2011, it will face off in a nationally televised game against two of the games greatest all-time winners, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Final Jeopardytells the riveting story behind the match. Final Jeopardycarries readers on a captivating journey from the IBM lab to the podium. The story features brilliant Ph.D.s, Hollywood moguls, knowledge-obsessed Jeopardymasters and a very special collection of silicon and circuitry named Watson. It is a classic match of Man vs. Machine, not seen since Deep Blue bested chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. But Watson will need to do more than churn through chess moves or find a relevant web page. It will have to understand language, including puns and irony, and master everything from history and literature to science, arts, and entertainment. At its heart, Final Jeopardyis about the future of knowledge. What can we teach machines? What will Watsons heirs be capable of in ten or twenty years? And where does that leave humans? As fast and fun as the game itself, Final Jeopardyshows how smart machines will fit into our world and how theyll disrupt it.

Final Jeopardy : Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 288