IBM Watson chief: Just like humans, computers can learn from mistakes

David Kenny spoke at The Post's 2016 Transformers live journalism event May 18 in Washington, D.C. Learn more here. "We don't ask the same person to be our oncologist, our radiologist, our accountant, our chef and our dry cleaner. We have different people learn different things and the same is true with AI. "When it makes mistakes, when it's misinterpreted and gives a wrong answer, then you correct it and it learns for the next time. I think what's important is you put safeguards, that there is still an override, that those don't become decisions. In the more critical the mission, the more you need to have checks and balances just as we do on humans, right?