Behind the scenes: IBM Watson

We all have watched game shows during sleepless nights or when we have absolutely nothing to watch on television. When we say game show the first thing that comes to mind is jeopardy!
Jeopardy! is a show that is being aired since the early 1960s and still has a hype. For those who don’t know what jeopardy is, it’s a game show in which the answer would be given and the contestants had to guess the question. At present, we do have the option of using a specific type of application to answer these questions. The IBM Watson Analytics is that kind of application.

What is IBM Watson?

Watson is a powerful AI system which answers questions that are posed in the natural linguistic. Watson was developed by IBM’s DeepQA project. This computer system was initially developed for answering questions on the show's jeopardy! And you will be pleased to know that it won the first prize of $1million on the show.
Watson was first commercially used in 2013 for making decisions in lung cancer treatment in 2013. In simple words, Watson is a kind of supercomputer that combines AI, in which, one can ask questions and it will provide you with answers. To get familiarized with it, everyone should know that how does IBM Watson works in real life.

Some basics of IBM Watson

How does Watson understand natural language?

100 different techniques have been used to analyze the natural language, identify the sources, find, generate, merge and then rank the hypotheses.

What kind of software is used in Watson?

It implements the framework of IBM’s DeepOA software and Apache UIMA. Watson was written in various languages including C++, java, prolog. IT runs on the SUSE Linux server 11.

What are the sources of data in Watson?

Watson gets its information from various sources like encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, newswire articles, and literary works. Watson also used databases, taxonomies, and ontologies. Watson is equipped with millions of documents, including dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference material that it could use to build its vast knowledge. All these things were introduced in Watson from the very beginning.

Now one can wonder where IBM Watson is used?

Mainly IBM’s Watson is used in healthcare and analytics. Like mentioned before, healthcare is one of the first industries where Watson was used; to ensure the proper treatment was provided while reducing costs.

Watson Analytics is considered to be one of the primary implementations of Watson technology. It is actually referred to as a platform used for exploring, visualizing and presenting data that utilizes Watson's cognitive capabilities to automatically surface data-driven insights and consequently recommend ways of presenting the data. You will be pleased to know that IBM Watson is becoming a sonorous app in India by convincing people with its set of wonderful features.

The platform is made up of an expedition of component, which allows users to upload their data, automatically recommends potentially interrelated variables and builds comparisons; a prediction tool that allows users to get answers to complex questions based on their data; and a reporting tool that supports dashboard and report development.

But, Watson is not only used in healthcare and analytics, but it’s also used in different industries like: Chatterbot: Watson is being used by IBM to provide conversation in children’s toys.

And it is used in building codes, as teaching assistants, weather forecasting, fashion, tax preparation, and advertising. Today, Watson is widely used in making chatbots. So, IBM Watson in India is said to be perfect.

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