Will IBM Watson kill Jeopardy by winning?

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Will IBM Watson kill Jeopardy by winning?

Its worth re-examining the IBM Deep Blue (chess computer) story to compare for potential effects .. You can read more about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)

There is also a good 4 part documentary available on YouTube about Kasparov versus Deep Thought:

http://youtu.be/mhnDzk9IVAA

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Thought_(chess_computer)