Leading the way into the Cognitive Era with IBM Watson Hélène Quillaud Watson Leader, IBM Client Center Montpellier [email protected] @helenequillaud Montpellier, France July 2017
Leading the way into the Cognitive Era
with IBM Watson
Hélène QuillaudWatson Leader, IBM Client Center Montpellier
@helenequillaud
Montpellier, France July 2017
Agenda Watson Overview
Watson Use Cases
Watson Cognitive Services
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Watson Overview
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4Source: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51353.wss
Everything started with a Research project…
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2011: IBM Watson wins « Jeopardy! »
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What are the possible
meanings of the question?
Many potential responses:
quantity trumps accuracy
Hypothesis & Evidence
Scoring of hundreds of
potential responses
Final Merging & Ranking
How to respond quickly and accurately?
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Understands the
question
Generates
hypothesis
Gathers evidence
Evaluate
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywO4zksfXw
Three capabilities differentiate cognitive systems from
traditional programmed computing systems…
Reasoning
They reason. They understand
underlying ideas and concepts. They
form hypothesis. They infer and
extract concepts.
Learning
They never stop learning getting
more valuable with time.
Advancing with each new piece of
information, interaction, and
outcome. They develop “expertise”. Understanding
Cognitive systems understand
like humans do.
…. allowing them to interact with humans.
What is Watson today?
Watson Developer Cloud
VisionSpeechLanguage Data Insights
Products
Watson Analytics Watson ExplorerWatson Virtual
Agent
Enable cognitive
computing features in
your app using APIs.
Primarily Software-as-
a-ServiceWatson Knowledge
Studio
Industries and Professions
Offerings & Solutions
Watson
CommerceWatson
Education
Watson Financial
ServicesWatson Health
Watson IOTWatson
Marketing
Watson Supply
Chain
Watson for
Cyber Security
H u ma n s e x c e l a t :
Dilemmas
Compassion
Dreaming
Abstraction
Imagination
Morals
Generalization
C o g n i t i ve Sys t e m s
e x c e l a t :
Common Sense
Natural Language
Locating Knowledge
Pattern Identification
Machine Learning
Eliminate Bias
Endless Capacity
Cognitive systems forge a new
partnership between man and
machine.
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So, will artificial intelligence replace us?
Watson Use cases
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Pioneering new ways to shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpmvF8KPyag
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Watson Cognitive Services
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Conversation
Discovery
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Add a cognitive search
and content analytics
engine to applications to
identify patterns, trends
and actionable insights
that drive better decision-
making
https://discovery-news-demo.mybluemix.net/
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Building a virtual assistant at the French Open
http://my-match.au-syd.mybluemix.net/
Thank You
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