Apr 20, 2011
This Whole Skynet Thing Gets A Little Too Real
You’ll have to pardon us. We were briefly concerned when we noticed that former T-800 Model 101 cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up in Washington yesterday — after all, Skynet became self-aware last night, and we’re a little on edge about the future of humanity.
Mar 01, 2011
Watson Clobbers Congressmen, World Remains Doomed
Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the most successful people to ever be dressed down by Alex Trebek on syndicated television, sure got their butts whupped by Watson, the IBM creation that has most of America withering in fear that the reign of Skynet is looming. Last night, Representatives Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jared Polis (D-CO), Jim Himes (D-CT), Nan Hayworth (R-NY), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) all had their chance to take on the supercomputer in a few rounds of the popular game show — and Holt actually came out on top. Once. In a series of a few rounds. None of the other legislators even came close.