Ken Jennings on why people still can surpass computers, and why it is important to acquire new knowledge

Ken Jennings was a regular participant in television quiz "Custom Game" and in 2009 he lost the super-computer Watson. But despite this triumph of artificial intelligence, Ken explains why it is important never cease to learn something new, and not just use the search engines to find the answer and then about He forget.

Today I want to offer you a performance that personally made me think about that too much at Now many do not have the habit to learn and remember something, because it is easier to google (especially children). On the one hand, it is foolish to remember all the facts that you will learn - it pollutes the mind and distracts from the focus on the main task - you could say that. But, on the other hand, these findings may one day save your life. As it happened during the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, where 10-year-old girl remembered a fact of geography of the tsunami, which they told their teacher. She talked about her observation of parents and they decided to believe his child and reported it to the rescuers who had taken to the beach for another 100 people. As a result, the victims of this beach was not simple.