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Title: Can anyone afford an IBM Watson supercomputer? Post by: cw618 on February 21, 2011, 01:05:36 PM a friend mentioned a puter that played Jeopardy i thought i would check it out
looking around more,ibm wants to put watson the puter,in health care,as a data analytics engine for the medical community. almost sounds like the docs,right arm man so to speak, see the BBM paragraph, anyway i have a lot of thoughts and Qs about this,one of which who is going to oversee the patients needs,getting a second opinion could become tricky,and the insurance cost, thats if your insurance will pay for the consult at a doc that uses a watson, and what if the doc posed the Q wrong and gets the wrong info,and no one catches it, and if this consult with watson is happening while the doc is with the patient,that would be unnerving to me, and will the doc be obligated to tell the patient he uses a watson for research and consulting for their needs, i already dislike in the extreme,going to a doc, this would really put me off, i just have a lot of concerns about this idea of ibm ----------------------------- snip snip News IBM supercomputer wins first Jeopardy dust up By Sharon Gaudin January 14, 2011 02:35 PM ET In the first man vs. machine Jeopardy competition, IBM's custom-built Watson supercomputer Thursday defeated all-time Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a practice round of the popular television game show. The real Jeopardy contests are slated to be taped today at IBM's Yorktown Heights Research Center for television viewing from Feb. 14 to Feb. 16. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9205158/IBM_supercomputer_wins_first_Jeopardy_dust_up video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFR3lOm_xhE IBM's Dave Gondek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yXV22O6n4&feature=related snip snip Can anyone afford an IBM Watson supercomputer? (Yes) By Lucas Mearian February 21, 2011 06:00 AM ET After showcasing Watson's ability to ingest Jeopardy questions and spit out near real-time answers, IBM is now preparing the supercomputer for a full-time gig as a data analytics engine for the medical community. IBM announced this week it is working with speech and imaging recognition software provider Nuance Communications to produce a system that can help physicians and other healthcare professionals cull through gigabytes or terabytes of patient healthcare information to determine how to best treat illnesses. BBM For example, a doctor treating a patient could use Watson's analytics technology, in conjunction with Nuance's voice and clinical language understanding software, to rapidly consider all the related texts, reference materials, prior cases, and latest knowledge in journals and medical literature. This could help medical professionals confidently determine the best options for diagnosis and treatment.http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9210381/Can_anyone_afford_an_IBM_Watson_supercomputer_Yes_ |