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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788478298

Length 256 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

IBM Watson

Concepts

Artificial Intelligence

Authors (2):

Tanmay Bakshi

Robert High

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

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

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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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Authors (2)

Robert High

Robert High

Robert High retired in 2023, after 42 years at IBM. He is currently doing independent freelancing. Prior to his retirement, Rob was an IBM fellow, Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for IBM's Edge Computing and Networking business. He had architecture and technical strategy responsibility for offerings that will enable a new generation of edge computing, where work is placed close to where data is produced, and actions are performed, and enterprise networking for connecting edge locations. Prior to that assignment, he was the CTO for IBM Watson, responsible for setting the technical strategy and vision for IBM's leadership in AI computing. High is recognized as a global technical leader, author, and evangelist, and was named an IBM Fellow in 2008 for his pioneering work in the field of SOA and his leadership on WebSphere.

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Tanmay Bakshi

Tanmay Bakshi

Tanmay Bakshi is a cognitive computing and AI developer, a keynote and TED speaker, an algorithm-ist, a YouTuber, IBM Champion for Cloud, an Honorary IBM Cloud Advisor, and a Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning. He has resolved to reach out to and help at least 100,000 novices and beginners so they can learn how to code.

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