Computer to race humans to drive deepest spikes on Jeopardy! railroad

IBM has evidently designed a computer system optimized for winning Jeopardy! and have arranged for it to duel John Henry or a reasonable facimile on TV:

Two of the venerable game show's most successful champions -- Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter -- will play two games against "Watson," a computer program developed by IBM's artificial intelligence team. The matches will be spread over three days that will air Feb. 14-16, the game show said on Tuesday.

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Computer to race humans to drive deepest spikes on Jeopardy! railroad

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