Artificial Intelligence Gets Real - Giving to Mayo Clinic

"Mayo Clinic is embracing cognitive computing because we realize this technology is transformational and necessary for the continued evolution of health care delivery," says Nicholas F. LaRusso, M.D. Ask people what they know about Watson, IBM's cognitive computing system, and many might answer, "Didn't it cream those all-star contestants on Jeopardy a few years ago?" The answer is yes, it most certainly dealt Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter an ego-bruising defeat in 2011. So how did Watson do it? And how can this technology improve health care? Watson is artificial intelligence in action.