IBM Watson
IBM is celebrating it's centenary this year and it's unleashed this project called WATSON.
A few years ago they set out to create a computer that could understand natural language. Essentially a HAL9000 type thing. Their objective - a computer that could participant in the game show Jeopardy in realtime against human contestants.
Here's a preview of the Jeopardy episode that goes to air next week. Background here : http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/13/ibm-watson-ai-defeats-humans/
P.S If you haven't already seen it, check out this film shot by Erol Morris. IBM Centennial Film: They Were There
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