Well humans, it's been a good ride, but after being eviscerated by IBM's supercomputer Watson on Jeopardy last night, it's probably time to pack up the truck and let the machines inherit the earth.
Or is it?
Despite Watson's tremendous performance, the Final Jeopardy question at the end of Tuesday night's airing revealed the Achilles' heel that computer scientists have known of all along: Watson doesn't really "think" anything, and it struggles with simple questions that most humans can answer without a second thought.