Ken Jennings competes against 'Watson' at a press event promoting the man vs. machine match-up. (Getty Images)
Surely, you remember Watson. He?s the IBM supercomputer who pretty much crushed human competition on a special series of Jeopardy! episodes earlier this year.
One of? those humans was Seattle?s own trivia buff Ken Jennings.
Jennings is now writing books about maps and being generally amusing on his promotional blog ? all very nice, but everyone knows that?s not a real job.
Looks like Watson one-upped Jennings again by going out and finding work at an insurance company.
Now that?s a job.
IBM announced Monday that Watson will be making his commercial debut at WellPoint, a company that provides health insurance plan provider with around 34 million subscribers.
Watson?s main selling point is that he can (mostly) understand language as humans speak it by sifting through huge amounts of data in just seconds. At WellPoint, he?ll be helping pinpoint treatment strategies.
?Think of the system as an electronic Dr. House,? writes CNN. (Minus the drug addition though, right?)
Coincidentally, the Jeopardy! man vs. machine smack down is now rerunning, so tune in if you missed it the first time around.
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Surely, you remember Watson. He?s the IMB supercomputer who pretty much crushed human competition on a special series of Jeopardy! episodes earlier this year.
One of those humans was Seattle?s own trivia buff Ken Jennings.
Jennings is now writing books about maps and being generally amusing on his promotional blog ? all very nice, but everyone knows that?s not a real job.
Looks like Watson one-upped Jennings again by going out and finding work at an insurance company.
Now that?s a job.
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