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We found "Jeopardy!" kingslayer Emma Boettcher’s master's thesis on AI

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Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher, who wrote her master's thesis on deep learning and "Jeopardy!", just won the classic quiz game. And we found her thesis.

We Found “Jeopardy!” Kingslayer Emma Boettcher’s Thesis on Data Mining

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We Found “Jeopardy!” Kingslayer Emma Boettcher’s Thesis on Data Mining

This is the Age of “Big Data.” And It’s Changing Everything.

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