Q&A: What Machines Can Learn From People And We Can Learn From Them

A woman holds up a tablet to showcase data analytics conducted by IBM's Watson technology. A woman holds up a tablet to showcase data analytics conducted by IBM's Watson technology. Guruduth Banavar is an executive at IBM leading the team developing a new generation of cognitive systems -- don't call it artificial intelligence -- known as Watson. Watson, of course, is the supercomputer most famous for its victory against two men on Jeopardy! in 2011. IBM is now lending Watson's computing power to startups and businesses across all types of industries, including healthcare, energy, education and even food.