Nerd Alert: IBM Does ‘Jeopardy’; Scientists Invent Ambulatory Goo
Tired of making machines that beat humans at chess, IBM is prepping a computer competitor for "Jeopardy," which makes sense since Alex Trebek himself is computer-generated. Japanese researchers, meanwhile, have created walking goo.Tired of making machines that beat humans at chess, IBM is prepping a computer competitor for “Jeopardy,” which makes sense since Alex Trebek himself is computer-generated. Japanese researchers, meanwhile, have created walking goo.
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