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March 23, 2019

Playing Chess with Gary Kasparov Before the Walkers Attacked

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While I was at SXSW, I was asked to come get footage for a chess match between Gary Kasparov, and 10 others. But what happened next really made my day. The 10th person did not show up, so I ended up playing in the spot! Of course, not prepared, I didn’t do that well, but […]

December 14, 2010

Computers in “Jeopardy,” Coming Soon to a TV Near You

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No, not that kind of Jeopardy. The Alex Trebek kind of Jeopardy. Rawstory reports that there will be a showdown between IBM’s “Watson” computer and two past Jeopardy champions coming in February. From the report: The competition is reminiscent of when IBM developed a chess-playing computer to compete against chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. […]