Heh well I think at least game shows will be safe and still need humans. How boring would it be watching a game show where every contestant got every question right? you need humans in there to be wrong a lot of the time or it's no fun Well same goes for chess, no one wants to watch two computers going at it in any game really... Gotta be at least one human in the mix always.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 x64 Ultimatei7 96012 Gig Corsair DominatorNvidia 480
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Scratch built
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
CPU
i7 960
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D
Memory
12 Gig Corsair Dominator
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 480
Sound Card
Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors
I recently watched a documentary on PBS about how the brain works, and they discussed this project and how they went about designing it and programming it. What I thought was interesting was the fact that at certain times, Watson would come to conclusions -- the right ones -- and the programmers weren't even sure of how it got to that point. It extrapolated data and made associations that were not anticipated in advance. So yes, folks -- these things are starting to think for themselves!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 8 Release Preview x64AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition8 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce
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Custom built/assembled myself
OS
Windows 8 Release Preview x64
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition
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ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
Memory
8 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600
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Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
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Hanns.G HG281D 27"
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1920 x 1200
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Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA-3
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB SATA-3
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500 GB SATA
Western Digital 1 TB External USB
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Corsair HX850W
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Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570
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Stock heatsink/fan
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Logitech G510
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Razer Imperator
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AT&T U-verse
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Samsung DVD+/-RW (SATA)
LG Blu-ray drive (SATA)
MOTU FastLane USB MIDI interface
E-MU 0404 USB audio interface
Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers
HP Photosmart 8150 printer
HP Scanjet 4070 scanner
Logitech RumblePad 2
A suggestion though..
You'd want to make the CPU in your head (which is usually referred to as "brain" as far as I remember) clean and shiny by polishing it, but don't use too much alcohol in the process: it slows down the CPU a lot, to the extent that it's quite unusable at times.
On the other hand, alcohol seems to usually boost your wireless network connections.
you need humans in there to be wrong a lot of the time or it's no fun 
Well same goes for chess, no one wants to watch two computers going at it in any game really... Gotta be at least one human in the mix always. 
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