Robots

Not a robot.

Well, it's official. Robots can, and will, takeover Earth, enslave all of us emotionally unstable and mentally weak humans, and probably make us live out the rest of our lives studying Jeopardy! questions.

Okay, so maybe it's not that drastic.

BUT SERIOUSLY, have you heard about the computer named Watson on Jeopardy!? (Answer: do you live under a rock?)


I'm not going to go into details, mostly because I only know the very basics, but pretty much, here's the Cliffnotes version:

1) Some scientist somewhere designed a computer to compete on Jeopardy! It's programmed to sift through all the info out there on the internet and come up with answers to pretty much all (natural language!) questions ever.

2) It competed against two of the best (actually, I think it was the two best) Jeopardy! players ever, on three consecutive days.

3) Watson (yes, it's got a name) kicked ass. (AND donated all it's winnings to charity! See, even if they do end up taking over the world, they seem like nice... things)

It's actually pretty cool to read about, and has a lot more interesting details than the quick version I just provided. Read about Watson and his ridiculous intelligence here.

Just remember, robots aren't going to take over the world just yet. Even if they do, don't panic, because remember..

Robots Need Love Too (says Dan Mangan)


Is that Said The Whale in the purple?