Teaching computers common sense
MIT has created an interesting project called
OpenMind. The goal is to teach a computer things that we apes take for granted. For instance if I was to say "Colby wanted to be a fireman when he grew up" you would have to know what a fireman was, what colby was, and what growing up is. Everything you know is dependent on something else. Every word in the dictionary is defined by another word. This type of relationship creation is the backbone of human understanding.
So go sign up and teach the computer something, even if it seems basic to you. Maybe one day when these computers come of age and the machines put you in a cage they'll return the favor by giving you a stick to beat things with.