Nova Smartest Machine on Earth (Season 38, Episode 5)
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Smartest Machine on Earth (Season 38, Episode 5)

TV-G

TV Episode | Documentary

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! against champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Will Watson win?

Director

Michael Bicks

Writers

Michael Bicks | Julia Cort

Producers

Michael Bicks | Lisa Mirowitz

Composer

Christopher Rife

Cinematographer

Paul Bozymowski

Editors

William A. Anderson | Lauren Feinberg | Daniel Gaucher | Sonja Latimore

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 9, 2011

Release date

Feb 9, 2011 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 22 wins & 63 nominations

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Rodney Brooks Self Self See fewer	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Eric Brown Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Todd Crain Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
David Ferrucci Self Self See fewer	Do You Trust This Computer? (2018)
Harry Friedman Self Self See fewer	Jeopardy! (1984)
David Gondek Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Ken Jennings Self Self See fewer	Jeopardy! (1984)
Doug Lenat Self Self See fewer	Giving Machines Some Thought (1986)
Charles Lickel Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Jonathan MacKenzie Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	Second Line (2010)
Marvin Minsky Self Self See fewer	Technocalyps (2006)
Sajit Rao Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Sebastian Thrun Self Self See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Alex Trebek Self Self See fewer	Jeopardy! (1984)
Luis von Ahn Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Alex Waibel Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)
Terry Winograd Self Self See fewer	DWDD University: De wereld van Klöpping (2013)
Patrick Winston Self Self See fewer	Nova (1974)