Congressman vs. the Machine: Rocket Scientist Rep. Rush Holt Bests Watson
By: Jenny Marder
Two weeks after IBM's computer Watson trounced Jeopardy! masterminds Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, Rep. Rush Holt dealt the upstart trivia champion computer a defeat on Monday.
The New Jersey Democrat beat the scrappy computer $8,600 to $6,200, though no money was exchanged in the mock match.
Holt, a five-time Jeopardy! champion, had a leg up on other contestants and a home-court advantage -- the match was on Capitol Hill. And being a nuclear physicist couldn't have hurt.
Earlier, Watson defeated Holt's fellow members of Congress: Reps. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Jared Polis, D-Colo., Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Nan Hayworth, R-N.Y.
Himes and Polis tweeted as the match unfolded and their chances of winning fell into a tailspin.
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