IBM Watson: Future of Cognitive

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The Future of Cognitive Rob High IBM Fellow and Watson CTO

We’re in a new era of computing‌ but what does it hold in store?

Tabulating Systems Era 1900

Programmable Systems Era 1950

Cognitive Systems Era 2011

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Future of Cognitive in Technology More diverse reasoning strategies On-the-fly strategies to address new problems as they emerge

Unsupervised deep-learning and self-reinforcing adaptive training models Less reliance on curated training data

New channels of sensory communication Examples: Speech, visual, and anthropomorphic animation

Dr. Steve Abrams Director; Watson Life IBM Watson Group

Future of Cognitive for Consumers Implicit Cognitive Already using without knowing

Interactive Cognitive Direct interactions to solve problems

Active Cognitive Help us manage our time and resources by learning to act on our behalf with appropriate controls

Dr. Michael Nova Chief Innovation Officer Pathway Genomics

Future of Cognitive in Business Ubiquitous “Weak” AI Cars, Phone (Siri), Search, Translate, Plane Flying, Games

“Strong(er)” AI for more complex problems Healthcare, Finance, Buying Habits, Customer Service

“Super” AI Significantly farther off…

Dr. Bruce Porter Professor and Chair of Computer Science Dept.

University of Texas at Austin

Future of Cognitive in Academics University research has 10-year horizon Examples: Robots + people collaborating, Long-lived Ais, Cognitive Prostheses

Shifting focus of computer science curriculum Correctness Âť Likelihood Programmability Âť Learnability

Quantum Computing might be ideal for AI

Panel

Dr. Rob High IBM Fellow, VP, and CTO Dr. Steve Abrams Director; Watson Life

Dr. Michael Nova Chief Innovation Officer

Dr. Bruce Porter Professor and Chair of Computer Science

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Thank you.