Meet Watson, IBM Supercomputer and Future 'Jeopardy' Champ

I'm pretty sure IBM's new supercomputer is out to take my job. The machine, codenamed Watson, is under development at IBM's research labs and on its way to becoming a contestant on "Jeopardy."

Meet Watson, IBM Supercomputer and Future 'Jeopardy' Champ - PC WorldYes, you read correctly: IBM is prepping Watson to take on America's brightest minds on the nation's most famous knowledge showdown. They're building superfast, superintelligent technology (it's not called a supercomputer for nothing) that can think like a human, only better. And being that I think like a human, only worse, I'm feeling particularly vulnerable.

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