Could IBM Genius Computer Watson Become an Amped-Up Siri?

By emeadows
September 6, 2012

Four years ago, researchers at IBM created Watson, the computer that went on to beat two “Jeopardy!” champions at their own game.
“Now they’re trying to figure out how to get those capabilities into the phone in your pocket,” the San Francisco Chronicle writes.
Bernie Meyerson, the vice president of innovation at IBM, “envisions a voice-activated Watson that answers questions, like a supercharged version of Apple’s Siri personal assistant,” according to the article.
Beyond its winning performance on “Jeopardy!”, Watson’s system has worked on crunching financial data for Citigroup Inc. and cancer data for WellPoint Inc.
The next version is to be called Watson 2.0 and is aiming for the mobile market. “IBM expects to generate billions in sales by putting Watson to work in finance, health care, telecommunications and other areas,” notes the article.
However, there’s a lot of work to be done before Watson could be ready for public consumption, including voice and image recognition.

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