On Monday, June 18 in an IBM office in a San Francisco, California, IBM demonstrated an AI-based system that purports to hold its own in a debate with a human being. They named the system (wait for it) IBM Debater. For the human opponent, they picked a proven, skilled debater: Noa Ovadia, a college senior who won a debating championship in 2016.
[Me stepping on a soapbox…feel free to skip]