Well, after two days of a three-day match, the LA Times headline writer summed up his view of things as "Day 2: Watson annihilates weak humans."
From the LA Times --"Those "Jeopardy!" champs just got owned! On Tuesday night's episode of the greatest man-versus-machine showdown in recent history, IBM super-computer Watson ended up with $35,734, trumping all-star champs Brad Rutter ($10,400) and Ken Jennings ($4,800). From the very beginning, Watson tore off on a winning streak, beating the competition to the buzzer 24 out of 30 times, answering nearly every question correctly (it only stumbled on an art history question that Jennings and Rutter also missed) and even winning two Daily Doubles."
So what? If the machine hadn't performed well, then can you imagine the shame on the faces of the IMB engineers and executives? Could you imagine how the humans would feel, if they had beaten a machine? Like a couple of freaks? Right?
A man is not suppose to run faster than an automobile. He is suppose to ride in the automobile. A man is not suppose to be as quick as the click of a mouse. Speed is the computer's job.
There ain't no shame in the order of man and things.
Item from PBS NewsHour -- "Science correspondent Miles O'Brien goes head-to-circuit board with IBM's computer Watson on the game show "Jeopardy!" to explore the limits of language and artificial intelligence for machines." See the video.