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Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson

You're reading from   Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson Build smart applications using artificial intelligence as a service

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788478298
Length 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tanmay Bakshi Tanmay Bakshi
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Robert High Robert High
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Background, Transition, and the Future of Computing FREE CHAPTER 2. Can Machines Converse Like Humans? 3. Computer Vision 4. This Is How Computers Speak 5. Expecting Empathy from Dumb Computers 6. Language - How Watson Deals with NL 7. Structuring Unstructured Content Through Watson 8. Putting It All Together with Watson 9. Future - Cognitive Computing and You 10. Another Book You May Enjoy

The future of Watson


Over the years, the Watson brand has taken on several meanings. In the beginning, we all knew Watson as the machine that competed against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on the US TV game show, Jeopardy!. This single event brought more attention to the reawakening of AI than almost any other previous event. It made people across the globe realize that AI had the potential of having a profound impact on our lives. If you're interested in learning more about this project and the significance of the problem that Watson was solving, we highly recommend that you read, Final Jeopardy: The Story of Watson, the Computer That Will Transform Our World by Stephan Baker (ISBN-13: 978-0547747194).

Since then, the core functionalities that made up this project were transformed into a set of services available as cloud APIs—which are the primary focus of this book. However, not long after, IBM created a separate business unit to advance the application of these AI technologies within the...

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