stackyFACTSSome companies build AI to cure diseases; IBM built one to absolutely destroy Ken Jennings.
Some companies build AI to cure diseases; IBM built one to absolutely destroy Ken Jennings. In 2011, their multi-million dollar supercomputer, Watson, was unleashed on the trivia game show 'Jeopardy!'. It didn't have internet access during the game, relying purely on terabytes of stored data and natural language processing to understand Alex Trebek's sassy clues. It decimated the human champions, proving that humanity’s ultimate downfall will be televised trivia.
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