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Re:IBM pitched Watson as a revolution in cancer care, but it... by pamqzl on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @06:37AM (#15182573)
IBM seems to have painted themselves into a bit of a corner by calling a bunch of largely unrelated research projects by the name Watson.
Re:IBM pitched Watson as a revolution in cancer care, but it... by ralfn on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @08:26AM (#15183050)
IBM is doing the smoke and mirros and selling bullshit game for a while now.

And it's intentional! They have a strategy of inventing new words that sound all scientific (like 'cognitive computing') but there is absolute no meaningfull research from them. Its like the whole company has become a parody.

Any companies that allows their employees to talk to IBM has the problem that afterwards their employees understand less of actual problem domain -- and the knowledge they think they gained from that interaction .. its all 'IBM and consultancy buzzwords' rather than the industry-standard terminology fueled by actual research and science.

Re:IBM pitched Watson as a revolution in cancer care, but it... by devdoomari on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @08:25AM (#15183046)
+1 if I were in IBM's position, I'd just be quiet about everything until it's quite 'safe' for publicity...

but on the other hand, IBM's negotiation with MD anderson was one kind of a deal - instead of paying for hospital data, IBM made hospital pay...