<p>The documentary describing how its journey:
<a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1786674622%5B/url%5D">http://video.pbs.org/video/1786674622</a></p>
<p>It's on Jeopardy right now!</p>
<p>History in the making!</p>
<p>Watson is the smartest computer in the world according to the the Turing standards.</p>
<p>Edit: This is real history. Embrace it my fellow humans. This truly is a breakthrough.</p>
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<p>Uhhh I can’t wait until computers totally screw everyone over. Starting with you people :)</p>
<p>Computers are as of yet incapable of being smart. It would be better to say that it is the fastest/most complex/best programmed to emulate human intelligence/something like that.</p>
<p>You have to realize the complexity of this computer. It truly is a breakthrough. Interpreting the Jeopardy questions are a challenge in itself. The puns and play of words, analogies and even figuring out what the question is asking is a very big challenge</p>
<p>lol can’t wait to see this happen</p>
<p>It tied with Brad (the guy to win the most amount of money in Jeopardy history)at $5,000. and Jen (the guy that won most games in Jeopardy history)was left in the dust at about $2,200</p>
<p>There’s also other interesting inventions/advancements like: [Algorithm</a> spots sarcasm–suuuuure it does | Crave - CNET](<a href=“http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005320-1.html]Algorithm”>http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20005320-1.html) and Singularity Movement’s pretty interesting, considering how technology is rushing like this Watson robot</p>
<p>i love nova tv</p>
<p>Favorite TV series ever.</p>
<p>wesley, you’ll be the first to be screwed over.</p>
<p>I have to agree with MIThopeful16 and I’ll be the last to be :b</p>
<p>It’s probably cheating and using Wikipedia.</p>
<p>It actually has a database of IMDB, Wikipedia, Tons of historical documents, the bible and tons of other websites. But it does not have internet access. You all should watch the documentary. It shows how just googling for the answer will not cut it</p>
<p>MIT I will make peace with the robots and send them after you.</p>
<p>Ah, do you know who will be making and programming those robots? The nerds aka me.</p>
<p>And then guess who gets defeated first after the first Terminator…nerds :b (which means I’m screwed)…and we get blamed for making them…</p>
<p>I say we kill it before it subjects us to a life where we are subservient to robots, serving them oil and whatnot. It’s only a matter of time before Watson kills Trebek. I saw the look in its eyes after than “No, Ken said that” comment. There was bloodlust in those circutboards. I could sense it.</p>
<p>That Beatles category was great. I said out loud “Now if only there was a Harry Potter category” literally about ten seconds before one of the answers was “Who is Voldemort?”.</p>
<p>But yeah, Watson is cool.</p>
<p>Watson is so cool.</p>
<p>I like how his voice seems more mellow and contemporary than I was expecting. I’d thought I’d hear the formidable Microsoft Sam. x)</p>
<p>I wonder if Watson knows the name Hubert Dreyfus?</p>