Watson Bested by...

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/03/ibms_watson_computer_is_bested.html

Rep. Rush Holt D-N.J.


"The 12th District congressman cleaned up in his round, scoring $8,600 to Watson’s $6,200 and Louisiana congressman Bill Cassidy’s $1,000."

ultimately he lost though, close, relatively, though.

You can draw your own conclusions from this, because, it does seem to harken back to:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1968042,00.html

that computer freaks me out. if that thing starts singing Daisy Bell, i called it.

In the televised matches Watson was either behind or tied after single Jeopardy, only in Double Jeopardy did he kick their asses.

Dray The Fingerless wrote:that computer freaks me out. if that thing starts singing Daisy Bell, i called it.

I'm sorta like "meh" about it, it can't think and process on a higher level like humans can, its just a fact finding machine.

^ It's hardly an AI.