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NEW YORK — The computer brained his human competition in the first game of the Man vs. Machine competition on “Jeopardy!”
“Jeopardy!” champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter scored only five correct responses between them during the “Double Jeopardy!” round that aired Tuesday. They ended this first game, which began Monday, with paltry earnings of $2,400 and $5,400, respectively.
Watson, their IBM supercomputer rival, advanced to the “Final Jeopardy!” round and emerged with $35,734.
The trio will return today, when their second game is aired in its entirety. The overall winner will collect $1 million.
The bouts were taped at the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., last month.
