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Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016) by optimuspaul on Monday April 30, 2018 @02:56PM (#16961232)
No, it's bad because it drives down the potential market value for good products that could become available in the market because the market expects that all AI is inferior to expectations.
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Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016) by CharlesW on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:12PM (#16961345)
Temporarily. Once past (and possibly during) the "Trough of Disillusionment"[1], products that really do solve problems that people are willing to pay to have solved will do very well.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle

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Re:IBM is not doing "cognitive computing" with Watson (2016) by PaulHoule on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:48PM (#16961645)
IBM can bullshit it's way through a coming "AI Winter"; startups might not be able to.
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