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I don't know much about AI, but I highly doubt Watson will revolutionize anything. Significant advances in AI will most likely come from better software and alg

by neop 14y ago

I don't know much about AI, but I highly doubt Watson will revolutionize anything. Significant advances in AI will most likely come from better software and algorithms and while IBM is great at doing hardware, they are not so good when it comes to software. The way I see it, Watson is just IBM doing PR work to get people to know their brand since they don't really offer any consumer products anymore.

jechen 14y ago
I wouldn't discount IBM so quickly- to my understanding IBM's been partnering with a lot of institutions to beef up Watson. I know Carnegie Mellon was quite involved through the whole Jeopardy showcase (I even got to watch him school contestants from local universities in Pittsburgh). What's to say better software and algorithms won't be developed as a result of IBM's push to find new use cases for Watson? The article goes into great detail about how Watson has already contributed to the current AI landscape. I for one love that IBM's relocating Watson to a university where students will get to interface with the machine. Haters gonna hate.
MrHappyOne 14y ago
I am currently working on a doctorate in ML. I highly disagree with your perspective on Watson. Watson's hardware was not revolutionary; it's software was. Most super computers have far better specs than Watson. Watson's deepqa algorithms are currently the best in the world. These algorithms can be applied to many industries (like medical diagnosis). IBM has been around for a long time, and it is doing fine financially. IBM offers business products; if you have a data center, you're most likely own IBM servers. IBM also offers awesome software solutions for businesses. I am extremely pleased IBM used Watson for PR promotions; it showed the general public the current capabilities of AI.

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I don't know much about AI, but I highly doubt Watson will revolutionize anything. Significant advances in AI will most likely come from better software and alg

by neop 14y ago

jechen 14y ago
I wouldn't discount IBM so quickly- to my understanding IBM's been partnering with a lot of institutions to beef up Watson. I know Carnegie Mellon was quite involved through the whole Jeopardy showcase (I even got to watch him school contestants from local universities in Pittsburgh). What's to say better software and algorithms won't be developed as a result of IBM's push to find new use cases for Watson? The article goes into great detail about how Watson has already contributed to the current AI landscape. I for one love that IBM's relocating Watson to a university where students will get to interface with the machine. Haters gonna hate.
MrHappyOne 14y ago
I am currently working on a doctorate in ML. I highly disagree with your perspective on Watson. Watson's hardware was not revolutionary; it's software was. Most super computers have far better specs than Watson. Watson's deepqa algorithms are currently the best in the world. These algorithms can be applied to many industries (like medical diagnosis). IBM has been around for a long time, and it is doing fine financially. IBM offers business products; if you have a data center, you're most likely own IBM servers. IBM also offers awesome software solutions for businesses. I am extremely pleased IBM used Watson for PR promotions; it showed the general public the current capabilities of AI.