An exhibition match was held Monday night between Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th Dist. NJ), Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and IBM’s Watson supercomputer. Other rounds pitted Watson against Reps. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.).
Rep. Holt probably wasn’t chosen at random for this matchup. He’s a former five-time Jeopardy champion from before his congressional career. Oh yeah, AND he’s a nuclear physicist!
The representative’s offices in Pennington must be humming tonight.
Watson has beaten every other human he’s come up against. We’re lucky to have such a smart guy looking out for us in Washington and beating computers!
Full coverage is on Holt’s website.
Rep. Holt bests IBM computer in exhibition ‘Jeopardy’ round – NorthJersey.com.
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