I think what it shows is that being good at Jeopardy is an impressively computer-like feat for the humans who do it well. That a computer can be fairly easily designed to out computer the computer-like humans simply reinforces this notion. The real moment to bow down to our new robot overlords will be when IBM designs a computer that can out human real humans at things that are inherently human. This point is one reason why I like this article: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/03/mind-vs-machine/8386/
I think what it shows is that being good at Jeopardy is an impressively computer-like feat for the humans who do it well. That a computer can be fairly easily designed to out computer the computer-like humans simply reinforces this notion. The real moment to bow down to our new robot overlords will be when IBM designs a computer that can out human real humans at things that are inherently human. This point is one reason why I like this article:
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