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IBM To Offer Watson Services In the Cloud

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the silver-lining dept.

jfruh writes "Have you ever wanted to write code for Watson, IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer? Well, now you can, sort of. Big Blue has created a standardized server that runs Watson's unique learning and language-recognition software, and will be selling developers access to these boxes as a cloud-based service. No pricing has been announced yet."

3 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. Re:My first question to it: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Watson, what exactly is cloud computing?"

    The epitome of vaporware?

  2. Re:Watson sold as Watson by Charliemopps · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yea, but we aren't even remotely there yet. The fact that we have a lot of computers that can process even more than the human brain can, yet we can't come closer to the consciousness of a cockroach that a very complicated SQL statement should tell us something. There is something fundamental about the mind that we do not grasp yet.

  3. Re: Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let me guess, that you drive an Iron Horse to work?