Man Vs. Machine

IBM's latest creation, "Watson," is a computer that has the ability to think. The brain power of this computer is being put to the test on one of America's most popular game shows, Jeopardy. Artificial intelligence is a topic that has been deeply explored for a long time but it seems almost impossible to prove. Do us humans even know what thinking is? What exactly does it mean to think? There are constant synapses in our brains but is that an actual indication of our thoughts? Jason Gallagher explains the details behind Watson's "brain," 

"While Watson provides the illusion of human thought, it is actually a supercomputer working to extract data from 90 IBM Power 750 Servers, which gives it access to 16 terabytes of memory. In case anyone is wondering, that is millions of documents the machine must search through to find the text required to respond to the questions. Neither the humans nor computer are able to access the Internet to find the right questions to go with the answers. Just that the machine is able to compete is a technology breakthrough, but the fact it won a practice round is even more impressive."