I don't know if many of you out there watch Jeopardy, but I watch it religiously every day. The last few days they had two all time winners play a computer named "Watson" in Jeopardy. The computer beat the champion's asses.
A gigantic computer created by IBM specifically to excel at answers-and-questions left two champs of the TV game show in its silicon dust after a three-day tournament, a feat that experts call a technological breakthrough.
Watson earned $77,147, versus $24,000 for Ken Jennings and $21,600 for Brad Rutter. Jennings took it in stride writing "I for one welcome our new computer overlords" alongside his correct Final Jeopardy answer.
I have mixed feelings on this, it was kind of cool, but boring at the same time. And the big kicker to why the computer won is simply reaction time, not that it was "smarter" per say. Either way it's a little creepy, maybe Terminator isn't that far off?
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