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Nova: Smartest Machine on Earth

Nova (2011)

Documentary | United States

Director: Michael Bicks

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Rating: 7.4/10

SEASON: 38

EPISODE: 5 - Smartest Machine on Earth

SYNOPSIS

Watson, an IBM computer with a brain the size of 2,400 home computers and a database of 10 million documents, competes on the game show Jeopardy! (1984) against champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Will Watson win?

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Writer: Michael Bicks, Julia Cort

Producer: Paula Apsell, Michael Bicks

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