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Re:IBM Watson’s Next Venture by hellrich on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:49PM (#6735013)
According to a presentation I heard two month ago it's not good enough yet. They can make accurate predictions in many cases, yet not in all/enough. At the moment they see more potential in analyzing health insurance claims, as falling back to a human expert is easier.
Re:IBM Watson’s Next Venture by toomuchtodo on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:18PM (#6735234)
Watson is already better at diagnosing some cancers better than human doctors.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/11/ibm-watson-me...

Re:IBM Watson’s Next Venture by hershel on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:17PM (#6735222)
Do you still have a link to the presentation ? It sounds interesting.
Re:IBM Watson’s Next Venture by hellrich on Thursday November 14, 2013 @04:59PM (#6735958)
I'm sorry, it was a presentation of an IBM researcher during the BioASQ workshop. Perhaps you can find the slides/a summary on the BioASQ.org website.