To the Editor: Richard Powers ?What Is Artificial Intelligence?,? Op-Ed, Feb. 6 describes I.B.M.?s remarkable achievement in Watson, an artificial intelligence system that is challenging the best human ?Jeopardy!? champions. (Bill HibbardStoughton, Wis., Feb. 6, 2011The writer is emeritus senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
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