From Martin van Raay
Having read your interview with David Ferrucci of IBM about the company’s Watson supercomputer, and having seen a picture of it, I am utterly unimpressed by the fact that it competed on the quiz show Jeopardy! (12 February, p 27). What is so “super” about a computer that can beat two humans if it is the size of a living room and consumes 4000 times the power of a human brain?
Please IBM, spare us your Watson. I look forward to seeing Holmes, instead.
Culemborg, The Netherlands
