This article settles on the opinion of the writer, with little else supporting it. The information about what Watson can do is interesting, but the speculations of both the writer and the Singularity movement are not fully explored - leaving a reader without much knowledge of the subject in the dark. I appreciate the passion of the writer, just wish there had been a bit more to support his arguments.

This could have been a much better opinion than what it is. It accepts as fact that Watson might be able to offer marital advice. Is human knowledge, insight, and wisdom reducible to a bunch of statistical analyses? Isn't that a question worth engaging with? It further bases its arguments without any critical questioning of AI or the singularity claims -- it seems to accept them as fact and merely bemoans the repercussions on the human species and talks about struggle and conflict. A more enterprising opinion piece would have more seriously grappled with these claims and examined the bases for human knowledge, wisdom, insight, consciousness, and awareness -- it touches upon it briefly by referring to the idea that human ... More »

i like this article; it explains watson's achievement, it's future likely uses, and goes on to ask the questions that increased artificial intelligence points up. and answers here by pointing out human qualities which enhance and surround our own intelligence, without making less of the ai potential.