i202 Fall 2010 School of Information, UC Berkeley

Remember when the "chess-playing computer" beat a chess champion in 1997? Well, IBM is now ready to unveil a computer that can translate the nuanced vernacular of Jeopardy (the game). Check it out in this article.

 Human Jeopardy contestants impress me, but a computer that can give similar responses, in as little time, would really amaze me.  "Watson" needs to interpret clues, process information quickly, and give correct answers.  It's that first bit that falls into Natural Language Processing, which we'll be discussing in 202.