Supercomputer creator: Our machine can win Jeopardy!

When the IBM supercomputer Watson competes on the US quiz show Jeopardy! We face many challenges that computing could help with: climate change, economics, social modelling. Why did IBM choose to test its computer on the quiz show Jeopardy!? The ability to understand natural language, to analyse what it means and to respond quickly and appropriately is one of the grand challenges in computing. You call the computer Watson.