This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.An IBM super computer named Watson has won the latest battle of man versus machine.Watson won the first ever "Jeopardy!" quiz show competition starring a computer as a player.The show was broadcast on American television February sixteenth.The super computer defeated former "Jeopardy!" champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter during the three-day competition.The two men had been the show's most successful players until then.The IBM computer proved to be more knowledgeable in every category, including the arts, popular culture and science.The human contestants spoke about their loss after the show.KEN JENNINGS/BRAD RUTTER: "I think that we both got a taste of what it might have been like to play against us."Roger Norton is dean of the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.The school held a Watson watch party on the final day of the "Jeopardy!" competition.They compared it to a Super Bowl for the information technology industry.Roger Norton says everyone was amazed by Watson's performance.
