Ken Jennings

1974

Record Jeopardy! champion who competed against IBM Watson in a 2011 exhibition match.

Jennings, famous for a 74-game winning streak, faced Watson alongside Brad Rutter in February 2011. Watson won both exhibition games, a televised moment that showed AI could beat elite human trivia players.

Portrait of Ken Jennings — Image credit Phil Konstantin · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source