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Listening to the recent debate between human debating champion Harish Natarajan and IBM's Watson-derived Project Debater, I was amused to hear the AI conclude her* remarks with a Benjamin Disraeli quote. His sentiment was consistent with her argument, but to my ears the quote was not exactly a compelling clincher. I found it a little clichéd, frankly, which is why it amused me. Apparently AIs learning how to debate go through the same stages as students. Although once I heard more about how the software was trained, it … [Read more...] about Science Corner: When All Else Fails, Quote a British Prime Minister