Why Skynet Won't Succeed Yet: A Look Into Watson and the Impending Robotic Apocalypse

So, this week on Jeopardy, the producers created the IBM challenge where they would challenge Watson with Brad Rutter (the highest money total in all of Jeopardy) and Ken Jennings (the longest win-streak in Jeopardy history). The test for Watson would be the use of technology in human language, because it is strictly a human invention. Watson would have to understand all of the nuances behind language, such as puns and double entendres. His success on Jeopardy partly showed that robots may be able to interpret language, but the one thing that he will never be able to do would be understand the way humans typically think. His success on Jeopardy was because of his ability to find facts using different parts of the question. He was able to think faster and respond quicker. But when it came down to Final Jeopardy, Watson's true weakness was finally revealed. The category was US Cities, and the answer was "Its biggest airport is named after a World War II hero; its second biggest after a World War II battle site". The answer is Chicago (referring to O'Hare and Midway International Airport). A human would consider cities with multiple large airports. But Watson looked for WWII heroes and battle sites rather than cities with large airports. Robots will never be able to replicate human thought. Humans will have the upper hand because we can think comprehensively. We are able to put importance on certain ideas in the question, which allow us to answer questions better. This was demonstrated by the Final Jeopardy answers. Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter answered correctly. Watson answered Toronto, which isn't even a US city. Watson can find facts, but he has no process. Humans have experience, and this is what separates robots and humans. Humans learn from experience and time, but robots can not feel time and learn from experiences. Watson proves this, and this shows that robots won't take over the world, at least for a while.