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knb comments on IBM's "Watson" program to compete against "Jeopardy" champions tonight - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: NihilCredo 14 February 2011 03:28PM

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Comment author: knb 14 February 2011 05:48:39PM *  5 points [-]

Yeah, originally Jeopardy! (should be always rendered with the exclamation point, btw) was Merv Griffin's Idea for a "guess the question" TV show, which eventually degenerated to a regular trivia quiz show with weird phrasing.

At this point though, Jeopardy! so dominates American quiz show consciousness that contestants on other quiz shows often accidentally phrase their answers as a question.

I don't know about streaming, but you'll probably be able to find a torrent of the episode by tomorrow at the latest.