IBM's Watson is Learning Its Way to Save Lives by John Gertner. Fast Company. October 15, 2012
While IBM's computer Watson is best known for willing on Jeopardy! it is this fall being tested on real patients at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer in New York. Building upon its ability to grasp the complexities of human language and answer difficult questions, IBM researchers are applying Watson to complex decision trees in diagnoses and cancer treatment. Watson is being used by Wellpoint, the big insurer, to evaluate medical procedures for payment. However, the article focuses on the role of Watson at providing "second opinions" to any doctor anywhere. In an environment where 90% of the world's information was created in the last two years, the role of computers such as Watson is seen as certain to expand. Key is also Watson's ability to interpret unstructured or semistructured information such as doctor's notes. The article also reviews IBM's approach to innovation.
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