Because a computer named Watson trounced some human beings on "Jeopardy!" last night, I wrote a story about MAN VERSUS MACHINES! for Minyanville.com.
In man’s modern-day battle against the robots, the winner last night was abundantly clear. Watson, an IBM computer, appeared on “Jeopardy!” and soundly annihilated his two human opponents, previous “Jeopardy!” champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The show was the finale of a three-night throw down pitting an oversized computer chip against flesh-and-blood trivia nerds ...[Read it]