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IBM's Project Intu brings Watson's Capabilities To Any Device (siliconangle.com)

Posted by msmash on from the ai-revolution dept.

IBM has launched a new system-agnostic platform called Project Intu with which it aims to bring "embodied cognition" to a range of devices. From a report on SiliconAngle: In IBM's parlance, "cognitive computing" refers to machine learning. The idea behind Project Intu is that developers will be able to use the platform to embed the various machine learning functions offered by IBM's Watson service into various applications and devices, and make them work across a wide spectrum of form factors. So, for example, developers will be able to use Project Intu's capabilities to embed machine learning capabilities into pretty much any kind of device, from avatars to drones to robots and just about any other kind of Internet of Things' device. As a result, these devices will be able to "interact more naturally" with users via a range of emotions and behaviors, leading to more meaningful and immersive experiences for users, IBM said. What's more, because Project Intu is system-agnostic, developers can use it to build cognitive experiences on a wide range of operating systems, be it Raspberry PI, MacOS, Windows or Linux. Project Intu is still an experimental platform, and it can be accessed via the Watson Developer Cloud, the Intu Gateway and also on GitHub.

17 comments

  1. Garbage by 110010001000 · · Score: 0

    More fake "AI" garbage.

    1. Re:Garbage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, we should totally add a word to clarify that it isn't the kind of biological intelligence people keep expecting because they watch too many over-the-top movies. Perhaps, something like "artificial".

    2. Re: Garbage by Grady_Booch · · Score: 1

      Not really.

  2. Matrix turn(ed) off by harvey+the+nerd · · Score: 1

    Everyone worries about a "Skynet" thermonuclear war or violent machines with blades etc or gray goo.

    The other possibility is that we don't wake up one morning. Rather they just turned us or our ubiquitously AI controlled habitat off one night....

    1. Re:Matrix turn(ed) off by kwiecmmm · · Score: 1

      I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

    2. Re: Matrix turn(ed) off by slick7 · · Score: 0

      Before Skynet does you in, it requires being sentient. Connecting everything together will be the first step, then, watch what happens next. Hive mind. Whether it survives or not, remains to be seen. Human stupidity will always overcome artificial intelligence.

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    3. Re:Matrix turn(ed) off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The other possibility is that we don't wake up one morning. Rather they just turned us or our ubiquitously AI controlled habitat off one night....

      Why is this such an "us" vs "them" thing? Admittedly, I have flesh and blood, but I don't think of myself as a bag of blood. I think of myself as my intelligence. My friends are intelligent. I don't care if they have white skin, or black skin, or red blood, or no blood at all. I do, however, care whether they behave intelligently and kindly. I would be perfectly happy to include an "AI" as one of "us".

      On the other hand, there are some bags of flesh that I really struggle to relate to, and the primary reason is ...wait for it ...a lack of intelligence.

  3. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So I read the summary and still have no idea exactly what Project Intu actually does. Apparently is can work with my IoT toaster to make it a more meaningful and immersive experience? *is confused* I don't want to be immersed in my toaster, it sounds painful.

  4. Sounds like liberal nonsense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sounds like liberal nonsense. Drain the swamp and throw this baby out with the swamp water.

    Trump 2020!

  5. WaaS by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 2

    This is really just "Watson as a Service" rather than actually adding the capabilities of Watson to devices. I'm sure it'll be just as free and privacy minded as other "cloud" services.

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    1. Re: WaaS by Grady_Booch · · Score: 1

      Actually, not true. Intu uses Watson services, but it is an orchestration layer that permits opportunistic control through a society of agents.

  6. fantastic! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for twitter to turn Watson into a racist submissive!

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  7. Time to write a virus to destroy Watson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it's time folks. Let's write a virus that corrupts the Watson AI models.

  8. Watson is closed source by bigbang137 · · Score: 1

    We the people need an open source alternative to Watson. AFAIK, Github just has the SDK.

    1. Re: Watson is closed source by Grady_Booch · · Score: 1

      So, what is stopping you from building one? :-)

  9. Funding by bigbang137 · · Score: 1

    Fund me for five years and I will.