Re:Jefferies gives IBM Watson a Wall Street reality check
by ben_jones on Thursday July 13, 2017 @10:58PM
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Unfortunately its an emotional argument for me as it led to a 30 minute discussion over the phone with my father on the limitations of AI and the current state of marketing from most technology products.
Theirs at least one post in this thread that goes into detail on the limitations of Watson Health (it mentioned oversold capabilities that led to a medical institution wasting ~$60 million dollars, but you would be right to point out that I have no direct examples from memory on why the 60 minutes coverage itself was 'absurd'. If anything its the effectiveness of Watson marketing (and other companies marketing of AI) that gets to me and how it is even becoming pervasive in cultural icons like 60 minutes.
Theirs at least one post in this thread that goes into detail on the limitations of Watson Health (it mentioned oversold capabilities that led to a medical institution wasting ~$60 million dollars, but you would be right to point out that I have no direct examples from memory on why the 60 minutes coverage itself was 'absurd'. If anything its the effectiveness of Watson marketing (and other companies marketing of AI) that gets to me and how it is even becoming pervasive in cultural icons like 60 minutes.