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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by joezydeco on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:02AM (#2221406)
I thought Watson was searching for the daily double spot to jump ahead $1000 right away.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by ugh on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:29AM (#2221521)
And also to steal the humans their chance for a late comeback in the game.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by joezydeco on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @10:45AM (#2221582)
oooh, good strategy.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by orangecat on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @02:02PM (#2222670)
The daily double is equally likely to be under any unrevealed spot, so jumping between categories has no effect on the probability of hitting it.
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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by orangecat on Wednesday February 16, 2011 @08:06PM (#2229175)
Ok, this is wrong. Ken Jennings said in an interview that the DDs are more likely to be in the bottom rows, so you actually can hunt for it.
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