IBM’s artificially intelligent computer system Watson made...

IBM’s artificially intelligent computer system Watson made international news when it was able to defeat Jeopardy champions Brad Runner and Ken Jennings in February 2011. The game show is known for its tricky questions and nuances, and this presented a unique opportunity for IBM researchers to demonstrate the state of the art in computing technology. Though a computer winning a television game show hardly seems like an event for the history books, it was a monumental achievement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). IBM touts the main features of Watson to be its ability to understand natural language, its hypothesis generation process, and its dynamic learning capacity. It was with these capabilities that Watson was able to be†¦show more content†¦The technological requirements for achieving AI at the level of the human mind may be on the near horizon; they may also have already been surpassed. But AI is certainly more than a novelty – research in AI is not just for the sake of creating human -like automatons. There are many potential applications of AI that could revolutionize how human beings interact with computers. So much of how people live their lives has changed since the commercialization of the computer. Every man, woman, and child seems to have a smart phone these days, and there isnt a job out there that doesnt require some proficiency in computer use. Imagine then, the impact of AI on society and the economic landscape. Not only would computers process data extremely fast, but they would possess the same intelligence as human beings. One application in particular is poised to have an enormous effect on one of the biggest industries in the United States and abroad: health care. The same technology that Watson used to win Jeopardy can be used to process all kinds of unstructured information. Medical diagnostics are based on research, records, and personal e xperience. AI could be used to scan through this information with incredible speed and accuracy, resulting in well-founded diagnoses without ever entering the doctors office. This is just one of the ways that AI may change how things are done in the modern world. But how close are we?Show MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesOrganizational Behavior This page intentionally left blank Organizational Behavior EDITION 15 Stephen P. Robbins —San Diego State University Timothy A. Judge —University of Notre Dame i3iEi35Bj! Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editorial Director: Sally Yagan Director of Editorial Services:Read MoreCase Study148348 Words   |  594 Pagesin this publication to be reproduced for OHP transparencies and student handouts, without express permission of the Publishers, for educational purposes only. In all other cases, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the Publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying in the United Kingdom issued by the