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They are using the "Watson Tradeoff Analytics" product as the underpinning [1] As others have mentioned, "Watson" is a brandname/pillar at IBM, similar to Info

They are using the "Watson Tradeoff Analytics" product as the underpinning [1] As others have mentioned, "Watson" is a brandname/pillar at IBM, similar to Infosphere (anything information management), Websphere (anything middleware-y), etc. It's a bunch of simple and complex, in-house-built and bought products, some of which play together well some of which don't, some of which were pretty impressive and some of which aren't. To play with Watson Tradeoff Analytics, you can check out the documentation or get a free account with Bluemix [2]. They used to have a subset-of-functionality demo for Raptors on Bluemix as well. It seemed nifty but not groud-breaking. My understanding is that for the real-thing, they also used the Watson Tone/Sentiment analyzers to see if players would be culturally a good fit, i.e. get along with their team-mates, not just whether they're good on paper. [disclosure: I work for IBM... nowhere NEAR Watson, in the plain-ol'-ERP department, but I've been curious myself to figure out what the hoopla is or isn't all about] [1] http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/tradeoff-analytics.html http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercl... [2] https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/services/tradeoff-analytics https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/services/tradeoff-ana...

jsprogrammer 10y ago
Do you know of any more public information about Watson's ability to determine the cultural fit if an individual within an organization?
sk5t 10y ago
> My understanding is that for the real-thing, they also used the Watson Tone/Sentiment analyzers to see if players would be culturally a good fit, i.e. get along with their team-mates, not just whether they're good on paper. This seems reeeeally unlikely, considering both the inaccuracy of Watson sentiment analysis, and that one would need to collect a rather substantial personal writing sample from each candidate.
- dantiberian 10y ago
  The article mentions that they mine social media accounts of the players for the text. That could easily qualify as a substantial personal writing sample :)
  - giarc 10y ago
    That's great for college players, but not necessarily good for pro players, many of which don't control their twitter output (or have to sensor themselves much more than a college player would).
    - trentlott 10y ago
      Well at least Watson will pick players who have complimentary PR firms...

jsprogrammer 10y ago

Do you know of any more public information about Watson's ability to determine the cultural fit if an individual within an organization?

sk5t 10y ago

> My understanding is that for the real-thing, they also used the Watson Tone/Sentiment analyzers to see if players would be culturally a good fit, i.e. get along with their team-mates, not just whether they're good on paper. This seems reeeeally unlikely, considering both the inaccuracy of Watson sentiment analysis, and that one would need to collect a rather substantial personal writing sample from each candidate.

dantiberian 10y ago
The article mentions that they mine social media accounts of the players for the text. That could easily qualify as a substantial personal writing sample :)
- giarc 10y ago
  That's great for college players, but not necessarily good for pro players, many of which don't control their twitter output (or have to sensor themselves much more than a college player would).
  - trentlott 10y ago
    Well at least Watson will pick players who have complimentary PR firms...