The Coming Robot Apacolypse, Pt. 2: Watson

I wasn't planning on following the poll up with anything, but after finding this I feel I must. Actually I think I might do a part 3 at some point now too.

Artificial intelligence is a fascinating and at thrilling field. So far, some of the most notable achievements are an unbeatable checkers player, and a chess world champion (though technically not unbeatable). But most of the achievements still don't really feel like intelligence, at least in the form that humans have. I'm not saying that they aren't impressive, but they lack the kind of nuance that the human brain is so remarkably good at.