John Kelly of IBM Research stepped up to describe Watson as a cognitive system, one that mimics the capabilities of the human mind—some, but not all [capabilities]. The capabilities it does have include ingesting large volumes of information, identifying the information thats relevant, and then learning from the results of its use. We will have an impact on cancer and these other horrific diseases, he told the audience. Its not a matter of if, its a matter of when—and the when is going to be very soon arstechnica/science/2014/03/ibm-to-set-watson-loose-on-cancer-genome-data/?comments=1
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 08:12:20 +0000