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Fox News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
‘Jeopardy' host Ken Jennings ‘deeply skeptical' of AI, years after losing to supercomputer
"Jeopardy!" host Ken Jennings once played against a super-intelligent computer, but he says current artificial intelligence is already years ahead. "I'm deeply skeptical of AI," Jennings told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival. "Obviously, these current iterations of LLMs [Large Language Models] would clean Watson's clock at 'Jeopardy!' The technology has moved on. I've played with chatbots and 'Jeopardy!' clues, and they're very hard to stump," he said. Jennings, along with fellow "Jeopardy!" all-star Brad Rutter, competed against the IBM Watson computer in 2011. Watson specialized in analyzing natural human language and answering complex questions, demonstrating its skills in a two-game exhibition match against Jennings and Rutter. Over the course of three days, the computer got many, but not all of the answers correct. For example, during the first game, it missed the "Final Jeopardy!" clue about U.S. cities. WATCH: 'JEOPARDY!' HOST KEN JENNINGS DEEPLY SKEPTICAL OF AI 'SLOP' "Its largest airport was named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle," the prompt read. The correct answer was "What is Chicago?" but Watson answered, "What is Toronto?????" with five question marks, As IBM's website explained, the multiple question marks indicated Watson wasn't completely confident in its answer after running its algorithms hundreds of times in approximately three seconds. Despite the occasional incorrect answer, Watson ended up winning the $1 million prize, donating its proceeds to charity. Since then, according to IBM's website, "The underlying technology has gone on to help organizations predict, optimize and automate business processes across numerous industries. Roughly 70% of global finance institutions and 13 of the top 14 systems integrators use Watson." After his defeat, Jennings wrote an essay for Slate at the time, saying, "IBM has bragged to the media that Watson's question-answering skills are good for more than annoying Alex Trebek. The company sees a future in which fields like medical diagnosis, business analytics, and tech support are automated by question-answering software like Watson." He continued, "Just as factory jobs were eliminated in the 20th century by new assembly-line robots, Brad and I were the first knowledge-industry workers put out of work by the new generation of 'thinking' machines. 'Quiz show contestant' may be the first job made redundant by Watson, but I'm sure it won't be the last." Jennings, who is now host of "Jeopardy!" as well as an author, isn't ready to give over his entire career to AI just yet. "I work in a creative field and when I watch something or I listen to something, I want to feel like it's coming from a mind. I want that sense of someone talking to me and I never get that with AI slop," he said during the festival. The fear of AI replacing creatives in Hollywood has been a persistent one in the past few years, taking hold during the writers' and actors' strikes of 2023. Earlier this year, Fox News Digital spoke with musician who said true artists don't need to worry about AI replacing them. "The only thing to be worried about is if you're making music to chase an algorithm," he told Fox News Digital. "If you're making music to trend on TikTok. And to do that, you have to really unlock the codes to that matrix. If that's your whole [hustle], then AI is going to do a better job than that." The Black Eyed Peas singer does think people not involved in the creative process in the music industry are the ones who should worry about AI taking away their jobs. "The people that are at risk of AI in the music [industry] are managers, label execs, finance auditors, attorneys. If you look at the money that's being put [in]to make these systems more advanced, Microsoft is giving you a copilot [the company's AI assistant]. And there's nothing slowing down how freaking awesome that's going to be in 2025 version eight. And that's going to be used for all types of industries," he said. "There's not an army or a fleet of AI music do[ing] everything to the level of copilots or sales force agents. So musicians and hyper-creatives are OK. We're going to use AI and reinvent and create a whole new industry because of it." He added, "Right now, AI does a good job of everything that we've created and can mimic it. But AI is not making things that don't exist exist. We do that. We created AI. So AI is a mirror. It shows you exactly what's in front of it."
Scottish Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Jeopardy! contestant makes ITV show history after scooping huge jackpot – and one of daytime TV's biggest ever wins
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A JEOPARDY! contestant has made history after scooping one of the daytime show's biggest ever wins. The hit game show was rebooted last year by ITV bosses, launching with an impressive 2.5 million viewers. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 A Jeopardy! contestant has achieved the show's biggest ever win Credit: ITV 3 Stephen Fry congratulated Ben Jones after he walked away with a cool £64,530 Credit: ITV 3 Ben became the show's 10-day reigning champion following his win Credit: ITV Jeopardy! challenges contestants to showcase their general knowledge, always phrasing their responses in the form of a question. Players compete to stay in the game and accumulate winnings as they progress, with Stephen, 68, as their host. During today's episode, viewers watched as hotel receptionist Ben Jones continued the game, competing against Jonathan and Rosemary. From Caerphilly, Ben was already a nine-day reigning champion before his major win. In the final round, host Stephen asked a question based on the category Classic 80s Films. He said: "Matthew Broderick starred in the title role of the 1980s comedy film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', directed by this man." Ben, 23, correctly answered: "Who is John Hughes?" His impressive knowledge saw him walk away with a jackpot prize of £64,530 - the largest win for all Jeopardy! series and one of the biggest wins on daytime TV. Stephen congratulated Ben as he brought the curtain down on the last episode of the series. Robin Thede slammed for 'dumb' outfit in Jeopardy! Celebrity finale as fans point out podium 'rule' He told viewers: "We say goodbye to you because it is the end of the series. That's an amazing thought. "It's been a wonderful one, we've had two tremendous champions, but none greater than this [Ben] young man who will become a hero of the valleys I've no doubt." Jeopardy! is highly successful in the US and first aired in the UK on Channel 4 in 1983 before it moved over to ITV in 1990. It then aired on Sky Max in 1995 before coming to an end.
The Irish Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Jeopardy! contestant makes ITV show history after scooping huge jackpot – and one of daytime TV's biggest ever wins
A JEOPARDY! contestant has made history after scooping one of the daytime show's biggest ever wins. The hit game show was rebooted last year by ITV bosses, launching with an impressive 2.5 million viewers. 3 A Jeopardy! contestant has achieved the show's biggest ever win Credit: ITV 3 Stephen Fry congratulated Ben Jones after he walked away with a cool £64,530 Credit: ITV 3 Ben became the show's 10-day reigning champion following his win Credit: ITV Jeopardy! challenges contestants to showcase their general knowledge, always phrasing their responses in the form of a question. Players compete to stay in the game and accumulate winnings as they progress, with During today's episode, viewers watched as hotel receptionist Ben Jones continued the game, competing against Jonathan and Rosemary. From Caerphilly, Ben was already a nine-day reigning champion before his major win. more on jeopardy! In the final round, host Stephen asked a question based on the category Classic 80s Films. He said: "Matthew Broderick starred in the title role of the 1980s comedy film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', directed by this man." Ben, 23, correctly answered: "Who is John Hughes?" His impressive knowledge saw him walk away with a jackpot prize of £64,530 - the largest win for all Jeopardy! series and one of the biggest wins on daytime TV. Most read in News TV Stephen congratulated Ben as he brought the curtain down on the last episode of the series. Robin Thede slammed for 'dumb' outfit in Jeopardy! Celebrity finale as fans point out podium 'rule' He told viewers: "We say goodbye to you because it is the end of the series. That's an amazing thought. "It's been a wonderful one, we've had two tremendous champions, but none greater than this [Ben] young man who will become a hero of the valleys I've no doubt." Jeopardy! is highly successful in the US and first aired in the UK on Channel 4 in 1983 before it moved over to ITV in 1990. It then aired on Sky Max in 1995 before coming to an end. Biggest game show wins £1,000,000: Judith Keppel, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? - 20th November 2000 £1,000,000: Charlie and Helen, Limitless Win - 13th January 2024 £704,900: Mary Swain, The Vault - 16th August 2003 £500,000: Christine Stalker, Red or Black - 15th September 2012 £482,500: Robert Swarbrick, Duel - 8th March 2008 £300,000: Dom and Lauren Knight, The Million Pound Drop Live - 4th October 2012
The Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Jeopardy! contestant makes ITV show history after scooping huge jackpot – and one of daytime TV's biggest ever wins
A JEOPARDY! contestant has made history after scooping one of the daytime show's biggest ever wins. The hit game show was rebooted last year by ITV bosses, launching with an impressive 2.5 million viewers. 3 3 Jeopardy! challenges contestants to showcase their general knowledge, always phrasing their responses in the form of a question. Players compete to stay in the game and accumulate winnings as they progress, with Stephen, 68, as their host. During today's episode, viewers watched as hotel receptionist Ben Jones continued the game, competing against Jonathan and Rosemary. From Caerphilly, Ben was already a nine-day reigning champion before his major win. In the final round, host Stephen asked a question based on the category Classic 80s Films. He said: "Matthew Broderick starred in the title role of the 1980s comedy film 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', directed by this man." Ben, 23, correctly answered: "Who is John Hughes?" His impressive knowledge saw him walk away with a jackpot prize of £64,530 - the largest win for all Jeopardy! series and one of the biggest wins on daytime TV. Stephen congratulated Ben as he brought the curtain down on the last episode of the series. He told viewers: "We say goodbye to you because it is the end of the series. That's an amazing thought. "It's been a wonderful one, we've had two tremendous champions, but none greater than this [Ben] young man who will become a hero of the valleys I've no doubt." Jeopardy! is highly successful in the US and first aired in the UK on Channel 4 in 1983 before it moved over to ITV in 1990. It then aired on Sky Max in 1995 before coming to an end.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What is $1 million? Volusia County man wins big play JEOPARDY! Scratch-off game
A Volusia County man is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the JEOPARDY! scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. John Sinclair, of Edgewater, claimed the $1 million top prize after purchasing his ticket from the Winn-Dixie, located at 1838 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater. The 66-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission. The $5 game features 10 top prizes of $1 million, with more than $64.3 million in total cash prizes, and more than 4.7 million winning tickets. Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $98.6 billion in prizes and made more than 4,200 people millionaires, according to lottery officials. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
