a??The place to go if youa??re really interested in this version of the quest for creating Artificial Intelligence (AI).a??a??Seattle TimesFor centuries, people have dreamed of creating a machine that thinks like a human. Scientists have made progress: computers can now beat chess grandmasters and help prevent terrorist attacks. Yet we still await a machine that exhibits the rich complexity of human thoughta??one that doesna??t just crunch numbers, or take us to a relevant Web page, but understands us and gives us what we need. With the creation of Watson, IBMa??s Jeopardy! playing computer, we are one step closer to that goal.But how did we get here? In Final Jeopardy, Stephen Baker traces the arc of Watsona??s a??life,a?? from its birth in the IBM labs to its big night on the podium. We meet Hollywood moguls and Jeopardy! masters, genius computer programmers and ambitious scientists, including Watsona??s eccentric creator, David Ferrucci. We see how a new generation of Watsons could...