I just watched this episode of NOVA last night..which if you don't know the show and you consider yourself a geek/nerd of any degree of importance you SHOULD! Ha ha. Anyway, just check it out for yourself. Seriously, take the time to watch it. It is WORTH your time.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/smarte...earth.html
http://www-943.ibm.com/innovation/us/wat...swers.html
In 1997 a computer beat the world chess champion...but that's not intelligence. What is? Jeopardy! It's not easy in the least to get a computer to be able to do this, but they think they got it and on Feb 14~16th we are going to find out if that's what going to happen! Check your local listings for this epic battle! I for one welcome our computer overlords. Rofl. Really though it should be very interesting and I can't wait! My dad is even getting home from work early on those days to watch!