"IBM’s Watson is an emerging technology at the intersection of Big Data, Analytics and Human / Computer Interaction trends. The key enabling technology areas are: Natural Language Processing, Semantic Analysis, Information Retrieval, Automated Reasoning, and Machine Learning."
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February 7, 2012
January 27, 2012
"What is thinking? What is intelligence? What is the role that computers should and will play in our lives,
and what are the boundaries between humans and computers? IBM’s Watson demands that we reconsider
each of these questions"
and what are the boundaries between humans and computers? IBM’s Watson demands that we reconsider
each of these questions"
— Quote found in an IDC Link pdf document from February 17, 2011 authored by Susan Feldman, IDC Research V.P. Check out the document at: What is Watson: The IBM Jeopardy Challenge
(Source: google.com)
March 15, 2011
"The digital technology revolution of the past fifty years has taken our information-based, intelligence-enhancing tools to a whole new level. As digital components continue to become ever more powerful, inexpensive and ubiquitous, our IT systems are growing in breadth and capabilities at a dramatic rate. Moreover, using these increasingly powerful IT tools, we are now able to address significantly more sophisticated and complex problems than ever - in science, engineering, business and society in general."
— Quote found on Irving Wladawsky-Berger’s blog post: “The Co-Evolution of Humans and our Tools”
February 24, 2011
"So if computers are getting so much faster, so incredibly fast, there might conceivably come a moment when they are capable of something comparable to human intelligence. Artificial intelligence. All that horsepower could be put in the service of emulating whatever it is our brains are doing when they create consciousness — not just doing arithmetic very quickly or composing piano music but also driving cars, writing books, making ethical decisions, appreciating fancy paintings, making witty observations at cocktail parties."
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Quote from the Time Magazine article 2045: The Year Man Become Immortal written by Lev Grossman
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