And this is how Judgement Day starts...

IBM's super-computer Watson appeared on Jeopardy last night for the first part of a three-day contest versus two human competeators (Ken Jennings who has 74 straight wins, and all-time Jeopardy champ Brad Rutter). After last-night's show, Watson is tied with Brad Rutter with $5,000 each and Jennings is in third place with $2,000.

I can't help but feel this is exactly what Sarah Connor (of the Terminator franchise) was fearful of; a computer that starts to think like a human (also, if you haven't watched the Sarah Connor Chronicles, you should). I have a feeling that this article from McSweeney's, "Watson, The "Jeopardy!" Supercomputer, Sizes Up One His Opponents Before the Show.", is a pretty accurate account of what went down right before the show started. If you don't believe me that Watson is going to rule us all one day, check out the video of the practice round below.