Hi Kurt, I think a project like Watson can truly have HUGE Potential. I will have to read thru the rest of the Thread. But, I did see you started a new thread - since communication w/Watson required usage of Containers technology. Will definitely have to finish reading both threads - as I am Definitely curious as to the Outcome.
------------------------- You can follow the link I provided (https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/) for a head start via IBM's Bluemix project. There are pieces to the puzzle that need to be sorted out, it appears one hard part (for me) is to acquire the use of a RESTful server, which sparked my interest in containers, which just happened to come to my attention around this time and seems to have a role here. That is, I can imagine my ISP installing a container with a REST server, say from IBM or elsewhere, and then making that service available to me, thus skipping the need to hook up with (or switch to) another 3rd party just to get this service. --------------------- By the way - and maybe it was already mentioned in one of the other threads. If you can programmatically send a Q to Watson - am curious if IBM has opened up a public webpage - where the Public can send Q's to Watson??? ------------ >From what I can see, IBM's plans for Watson are very ambitious, involving a number of partners in as many directions, so I'm sure there will be a growing number of services available. One thing about Watson is that if you intend to ask questions about your business, it has to know about your business, which translates into, first of all, security concerns, and then there's the matter of feeding Watson with business-specific data. I presume this will involve exporting a variety of files and database tables/data dictionaries into an acceptable format to a secure depository somewhere. The 2 main pieces from an applications point of view (once the technical issues are resolved) would be providing data and asking good questions, and the questions can be general or specific to your data/business. I've been collecting a list of model questions that my customers might want to ask, and they can add their own. Some questions may be useful to re-run on a schedule. I've built a very simple demo screen for sending questions/showing answers, anticipating this can be done: http://www.h2officesolutions.com/h2os_custguide/About_the_Watson_interface.h tm The thinking is to encourage the operator to ask questions, so controls are elsewhere. Of course, the external simplicity belies its power and utility, In a way Watson is the Holy Grail we've been looking for. We design reports to help management answer questions and run their business, which is a tedious affair and not very flexible. Natural language on the other hand is supremely flexible. The Jeopardy show was done with text messages, but a spoken interface has to be right around the corner. I think both speech and text will be around for a while. Bill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/007b01cffe1e$96f36040$c4da20c0$@h2officesolutions.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
