Audience member video of Watson taking on Jennings and another at Jeopardy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR528D64rpM&feature=player_embedded#!
So if 14 years ago it was chess, and approximately now it is Jeopardy, what's an example from the class of challenging high profile targets 14 years from now? Turing Test?
Better late than never, a new open thread. Even with the discussion section, there are ideas or questions too short or inchoate to be worth a post.
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