IBMVoice: Five Ways Cognitive Computing Will Transform Businesses

We are entering a new era in the history of humanity -- the era of cognitive computing. Gartner predicts, "The smart machine era will be the most disruptive in the history of IT." In this new era, breakthroughs in technologies, such as natural language processing, semantic analysis, automatic reasoning and machine learning will produce computers that learn, reason and interact with humans naturally. These systems will work alongside humans and possess human qualities, such as common sense and the ability to pick up on emotional cues. In terms of intelligent systems that understand unstructured data, reason and learn, the future is already here. Cognitive computing technologies can already assist decision making and help humans solve complex problems.