IBM's CTO shows off GPU-accelerated Cognitive Computing

Rob has worked for IBM for almost two decades, first as Fellow and Chief Architect for the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) foundation. His current project is Watson, the company's cognitive computing technology that aims to change the way machines interact with humans at the linguistic, emotional and semantic levels. "Cognitive Computing" is like intelligence amplification for humans If we were to put "cognitive computing" into a category, it would probably look more like "intelligence amplification" (IA) rather than Artificial Intelligence (AI). This is the idea that machine learning can amplify human knowledge, capabilities, and aid day-to-day procedural decisions. IBM Watson, located at the company's research center in Yorktown Heights, New York (via Wikipedia) "Watson processes information by understanding natural language, generates hypotheses based on evidence, and, because it becomes more capable and precise, Watson will help leaders and organizations make better, more confident decisions."