Watson and Jeopardy

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:07:14AM -0500, John Myshrall wrote:
> OK I didn't let the cat out of the bag about what happened you did.  ;-)
>
> I wonder if Watson was joking or being merciful if that is even remotely  
> possible or that someone on IBM intervened. Watson pwned the entire  
> match. IIRC the only other wrong answer it gave, the other contestants  
> got wrong as well.
>
> Toronto was so far out in left field it fails on the first litmus test.  
> The answer was followed by many question marks and it only wager  
> <$1000.00 yet it had a $25000.00 lead.

Final jeopardy is much harder, so why bet very much?  It is a very common
tactic to bet very little when you have a huge lead.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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