Rebecca J. Rosen, “Meet Dr. Fill, the Computer Who May Best the World’s Top Crossword-Puzzle Solvers” (The Atlantic, Mar. 12, 2012)
This coming weekend a computer program named Dr. Fill (get it?) will take a gander at the tough word puzzles at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn. Dr. Fill won’t actually be a contestant in the event, but anyone who beats it — *if* anyone beats it — will receive an “I Beat Dr. Fill” button from New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz. The program is the work of Matt Ginsberg, a computer scientist and longtime puzzle-lover from Eugene, Oregon, Ben Zimmer writes in The Boston Globe.
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