Wednesday, March 16, 2011

AI: Where are we at?

This post is an excerpt from The Dark Side of Watson : NPR.
The TV game show Jeopardy! experimented this week with IBM's latest version of artificial intelligence, "Watson," which destroyed its flesh-and-blood competition.

Could Watson be coming next for our jobs in radiology or the law?

Computer programmer and writer Martin Ford says he sees a future where artificial intelligence will take over many high-paying knowledge professions. He uses the example of radiology.