Machine throws the beat down on Man
Last night while most of the population of England was tuning in to either the Arselona derby or learning how to cook shit hot food from the professionals, a machine was stepping up to the plate in the ultimate skirmish.
It was a battle that was to define this age and any future one. The duel that has been thought about for years and played out every occasionally on several different stages.
Man vs Machine, or Watson versus the Geeks, on TV gameshow Jeopardy is what we’re going on about for those of you that weren’t rushing over the Bodog’s site to put money on the outcome. If you feel like a flutter now though sorry, you’re too late.
Last night saw the grand daddy of all encounters come to a conclusion and the one made up of wires, motherboards, processors, and just about anything else that’s in a super computer won it out.
Watson, whose $1million prize will be donated to charity by IBM, managed to garner an impressive $77,147 over the two games. This was a considerable amount higher than both human contestants, Brad Rutter achieving a sultry $21,600, whereas Ken Jennings didn’t fare much better on $24,000 overall.
Both human contestants did win a sizeable purse, Jennings $300,000 and Rutter $200,000, but they lost to a bloody machine!
As Mark McKenna reported earlier this week, the end of the world is now upon us so don’t be at all alarmed if you start to notice the four horsemen trotting around outside your house.
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