Trump And Forget Clinton: IBM Watson Is Running For President

Would we be better off with an algorithmic controlled sir?

If the CEOs of companies can be replaced by computers, why not the President of the United States? That, in fact, is exactly what has been proposed for IBM Watson.

Watson has already made a name for himself, of course, going back to his 2011 victory on Jeopardy. Since then, it has gone on to make medical predictions, critique written text and provide an overview of product performance, among other achievements.

Now a group called the Watson Foundation 2016 - which "has no affiliation with IBM," according to its Web site Watson Presidency - was created to help promote the presidential prospects of cognitive equipment.

Watson was designed to compete with humans by understanding the issue, using the key to analyze large amounts of data and get the best information possible answers, the group says. "This is a task for all political suffer daily, including the chairman, and may be more appropriately and effectively performed by artificial intelligence," said Watson for President.

"Watson capabilities for parallel processing in a given consultation to assess concerns about a variety of measures to evaluate the most beneficial response in all areas," the site says. "Watson can advise on the best options for any decisions based on their impact on the global economy, the environment, education, health care, foreign policy and civil liberties."

Ready to welcome the new lord AI? You can keep your wallet in your pocket for now: The 2016 Watson Foundation accepts donations at this time and does not intend in the foreseeable future.

"IBM has made $ 12 million last year, so that the public contributions are not needed for further investigation of Watson," said the site.

People who want to support Watson are encouraged to donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation instead.

Meanwhile, although it is clearly a blow, the effort also provides some food for thought.

"Just in the same way that humans have facial expressions to convey emotions, the Watson visual change to express their level of trust in a selected response," the Foundation Website notes. "The country will be better if all politicians were so transparent?"

So I vote Watson? Share your views in an ongoing survey on the website of Watson for President.