Earlier this year, Ken Jennings competed against an IBM computer called “Watson” on a special edition of Jeopardy! Watson clearly represents a huge advance in the field of question-answering technology, and one with the possibility to change industries from health care to law enforcement to tech support. Meanwhile, no shortage of “HAL” and “Terminator” jokes came from all sides. Jennings understood that sentiment, but also came to a grudging respect for Watson’s skill in an arena long thought beyond the reach of computers. Jennings will discuss the implications of AI’s progress for human society.

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