The cognitive AI breakthrough: Real human-like reasoning in business AI solutions

Conventional, data-crunching artificial intelligence, which is the foundation of deep learning, isn't enough on its own; the human-like reasoning of symbolic artificial intelligence is fascinating, but on its own, it isn't enough either. The unique hybrid combination of the two -- numeric data analytics techniques that include statistical analysis, modeling, and machine learning, plus the explainability (and transparency) of symbolic artificial intelligence -- is now termed "cognitive AI." It's an extraordinary breakthrough to have the ability to implement a human-like ability to perceive, understand, correlate, learn, teach, reason, and solve problems faster than existing AI solutions. Key technology components were at the core of the wildly successful NASA Mars Rover's mission. Alone and 150 million miles from Earth, the rover was able to successfully adapt to conditions without direct instruction. After a dust storm, it taught itself to rotate its solar panels and shake off accumulated dust blocking essential solar ray absorption.