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Reminder: Watson supercomputer on Jeopardy! at 5 p.m.

A live broadcast of Watson, the IBM supercomputer, as it competes on the Jeopardy! game show will be the focus of a “man vs. machine” watch party 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the K-State Student Union Courtyard (adjacent to Salsarita’s). To register for the event (pizza and prizes), e-mail pthomas@proactivesolutions.com and type “WATSON RSVP” in the subject line.

“What makes Watson really unique is the way it processes language,” said a Jan. 13 article on singularityhub.com. It reported Watson is a part of IBM’s DeepQA project, which was developed to provide human-like answers to human-asked questions.

Spotlight: Union watch party Feb. 15: Watson supercomputer competes on Jeopardy!

A “man vs. machine” watch party 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the K-State Student Union Courtyard (adjacent to Salsarita’s) will spotlight a live broadcast of Watson, the IBM supercomputer, as it competes on the Jeopardy! game show. IBM and Proactive Solutions (an IBM business partner) will provide pizza, drinks, and prizes at the K-State watch party.

To register for the event, send an e-mail RSVP to pthomas@proactivesolutions.com and type “WATSON RSVP” in the subject line.

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