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]]> A Split Subject: Coming To Terms With Artificial Intelligence (In Brief) https://unwinnable.com/2011/02/17/split-subjects-coming-to-terms-with-artificial-intelligence/ https://unwinnable.com/2011/02/17/split-subjects-coming-to-terms-with-artificial-intelligence/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:00:52 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=8627 HAL is real, and it plays Jeopardy! In an interesting competitive twist, the legendary quiz show featured “Watson,” an IBM supercomputer possessing the ability to understand and process natural language, facing off against past Jeopardy! icons Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. The computer won. Although this is by no means a sign of the end times, Ken Jennings was closer to the truth than he may believe when he joked “I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” Perhaps he shouldn’t be so hasty. To witness artificial intelligence at work, to watch an oversized iPhone comprehend natural language and communicate

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