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October 9, 2014

ScienceLives interview with David Ferrucci

When David Ferrucci was introduced to computer programming as a high school student questions flooded his mind: Where does it stop? What can I get the computer to do? "My mind immediately went to the idea of artificial intelligence...It was just overwhelming, you know, and exciting." A significant moment, given that Ferrucci would one day lead a team at IBM that developed Watson, the computer that famously won a three-day game of Jeopardy in February 2011--the popular game show's first machine/human matchup and a milestone in the field of artificial intelligence.

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