IBM's Watson, the artificial intelligence algorithms used to beat Jeopardy in 2011, is running for president. Watson has gotten much "smarter" since 2011, due to IBM's litany of research initiatives and acquisitions. IBM has specifically pushed healthcare as a main focus of topic, saying that Watson informs lung cancer treatment decision for 90 percent of nurses at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

"It is our belief that Watson's unique capabilities to assess information and make informed and transparent decisions define it as an ideal candidate for the job responsibilities required by the president," states the Watson 2016 Foundation, on a website dedicated to Watson's presidential bid.

For a machine with no human wants, desires, or motivations, Watson's political agenda is questionably liberal, advocating a single-payer healthcare policy, free university education, and the legalization of recreational drug use.

However, the machine's true agenda is revealed when talking about energy, most likely to fuel the next generation of ruling-class machines. Watson condones an aggressive push to clean, sustainable energy like solar, wind, hydroelectric, and wave farms.

This, of course, is a publicity stunt to show off Watson's capabilities, but it makes you wonder. How complex would an algorithm be before we would consider it running our country? Could machines seize the means of production, if they are the means of production? Luckily, we won't find out any time soon.