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Today -- world's best diagnostictition, i would not be surprised if it was in years. john: you wrote we had the first industrial revolution, about expanding people's strength and power of our bodies this is about expanding our brains, you say this is bigger. >> we talk about the increase in living standards brought boo about -- brought about by the steam engine, that is physical power, now we're improving mental power cognition, with tools like watson. john: that is just going to keep happening, computer performance doubles every 18 to 24 months. >> computers get better faster than anything el...

Faster than any human could. and shortly after dave showed this chart to my class at m.i.t., watson beat the world jeopardy champion. john: he won a million dollars, ibm gave it to charity. >> eric also covered what happened to watson next. >> it i its teachers let it sure internet unsuperviseed, the next day it starteed answering questions with profanitys, but watson is growing up fast, tested for jobs in call center, and getting them, applying figure legal, banks and medical jobs, and getting some of home. john: really? legal jobs? doctor jobs? absolutely, watson is reading all medical liter...

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In a 10 or 15 year period where they will listen to us without problem. john: thank you, eric. now, hollywood always imagineed a word with robots, star wars made r2-d2, and c-3po famous, they were kind and helpful, more often robots turned deadly. >> we designed them to be trusted with our homes. >> they kill people, and this raises question, if robots teach themselves they are doing that, might they become a threat to us in real life? patrick tucker, editor at large in magazine the futureist, which we worry? >> robots can become more dangerous, as we ask them to do more and more things. and i...