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b'When the IBM computer, Watson, snatched the \\u201cJeopardy\\u201d title from its human competition, that raised the question of just how smart are machines? Could artificial intelligence ever beat humans at their own game\\u2026 of being human?\\nHear why an A.I. expert says it\\u2019s time to make peace with your P.C.; the machines are coming. Also, why technology is already self-evolving, and presenting its own demands. Find out what technology wants.\\nAnd, a man who went head-to-chip with a computer and says machines will never beat the human mind. Plus, we take a voyage into \\u201c2012: An Emotional Odyssey.\\u201d\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Kevin Kelly \\u2013 Editor-at-large at Wired and author of What Technology Wants\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Henry Lieberman \\u2013 Research scientist at the M.I.T. Media Laboratory\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Brian Christian \\u2013 Science writer, poet and author of The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Horst Simon \\u2013 Deputy Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Shankar Sastry \\u2013 Dean of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jean Paul Jacob \\u2013 Scholar in Residence at U.C. Berkeley and IBM Researcher, Emeritus\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'