Citigroup just hired a brilliant consultant called Watson to build out its digital banking. This very same Watson also advises healthcare companies such as WellPoint and, in his time off, took the top prize last year on Jeopardy!, the television quiz show. According to his friends, Watson has other corporate gigs that he is coy about, and will soon earn more than $1bn annually. His astronomical income puts him in the top 1 per cent of the top 1 per cent of all American workers. Or rather, it would if he were human. He is a machine.
花旗集团(Citigroup)刚刚聘请了一位名叫沃森(Watson)的天才顾问，帮助其增强数字银行业务。这位沃森还同时为包括WellPoint在内的医疗服务公司提供咨询，去年，还在工作之余获得了电视智力竞赛节目《危险边缘》(Jeopardy!)的头奖。据沃森的朋友讲，他还有不愿透露的在其他企业担任的职务，年收入很快就会超过10亿美元。这一天文数字的收入使他成为美国打工者中的超级精英——更准确的说，如果“他”是人类的话。但它是一台机器。