Can a Computer Really Destroy Humans?

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i b m has a tradition of building artificial intelligence to destroy humans at things only humans should be good at. In two thousand 11, project watson pummelled trivia champs ken jennings and brad rudder on the popular game show jeopardy. i don't think that it's easy for a machine to do really well in all these aspects of debating. It just seems to me too complicated. But it's at least conceivable that a computer could do those things.

This episode, featuring Andy Luttrell of the Opinion Science Podcast, is all about a machine, built by IBM, that can debate human beings on any issue, which leads to the question: is persuasion, with language, using arguments, and the ability to alter another person’s attitudes, beliefs, values, opinions, and behavior a uniquely human phenomenon, or could you be persuaded to change your mind by an artificial intelligence designed to do just that? If so, what does that say about opinions, our arguments, and in the end, our minds?

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