Thursday, February 17, 2011

Why Watson Winning 'Jeopardy' is No Big Deal

jeopardywatson.jpgKen Jennings may be prepared to welcome our new computer overlords, but I'm not scared. Last night on Jeopardy the three-day Man vs. Machine challenge came to an end, and the IBM computer Watson won easily, earning more than Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter combined.

A lot of people are claiming this is a sign that robots are clearly smarter than humans and that the future of The Terminator is coming true. But like another man whose first name is John, I'm fighting back.

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