After three highly publicized days of competition, IBM's supercomputer Watson was the big winner on 'Jeopardy's' contest of man vs. machine. Watson deftly defeated two of 'Jeopardy's' most famous human contestants: Brad Rutter, the highest money-earner in the game show's history, and Ken Jennings, the contestant with the longest streak of game wins.Watson's final winnings after the two-game competition totaled $77,147 -- more than three times the next highest score. Jennings came in second with $24,000, and Rutter finished third with $21,600.
In addition to winning the game, Watson also won Wednesday's Final Jeopardy round. The clue asked which author's most famous novel was inspired by William Wilkinson's 'An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia.' Answer: Who is Bram Stoker? All three answered correctly, though Watson was too far in the lead for either human contestant to catch up. Watch the video inside!




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So instead of Jeopardy, we got to watch a 90-minute infomercial for IBM the past three days. IBM gets the publicity and a million-dollar tax deduction, and the viewers get sold a bill of goods. Thanks for nothing.
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