The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament took place last weekend and, for the third time, Dan Feyer won. Here's the video of the final round:
The big story this year, of course, was Dr Fill, the computer. Although Dr Fill wasn't able to win, he did okay with a very respectable 141st place. See the NYT article here.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Dr. Fill
Matt Ginsberg saw Watson, a computer, beat a couple of Jeopardy's greatest contestants last year and wasn't impressed. "Watson wasn't all that good at Jeopardy. What "it" was good at was pressing the button." After watching the program he decided to crosswords which are "actually harder and have real artificial intelligence inside and see how far I can go."
He'll bring Dr. Fill to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn next month to see how it will perform against the best solvers in the country. I'll try to keep you updated. See an article and video here.
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