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Will Watson Be the New Siri?
IBM thinks so. But their core competencies are not identical. I majored in English, a notoriously difficult skill set to commercialize. (But since nothing will come of nothing, I do try to shoehorn in gratuitous Shakespeare references on this blog wherever possible.) And so I can sympathize with the plight of IBM’s Watson. You train and train and train for one thing: to be “Jeopardy!” champion of the world. And then what?
IBM thinks so. But their core competencies are not identical. I majored in English, a notoriously difficult skill set to commercialize. (But since nothing will come of nothing, I do try to shoehorn in gratuitous Shakespeare references on this blog wherever possible.) And so I can sympathize with the plight of IBM’s Watson. You train and train and train for one thing: to be “Jeopardy!” champion of the world. And then what?
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012, 7:28am
Views: 1115
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012, 7:28am
Views: 1115
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