He knew pop culture: “What is The Simpsons.” He knew British history: “Who is John Milton.” He knew medicine: “What is narcolepsy.” He knew world languages: “What is ancient Greek.” And though his US geography skills were a little shaky, IBM’s supercomputing trivia machine named Watson easily bested his human opponents at the end of a two-game exhibition series of the quiz show Jeopardy!.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=114559