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When the term “Artificial Intelligence” gets thrown around, images are immediately conjured of fire-spewing killer robots playing chess against a post-apocalyptic backdrop. And when they aren’t busy terminating, they’re swamped winning millions of dollars on a certain trivia-based game show. 

Yeah, film isn’t too friendly to the kind of high-level technology that’s making waves across the world. However, fiction is no reason to discount the amazing benefits technologically advanced computer systems are making in the world of healthcare. 

Enter Watson, IBM’s next generation technology that can understand natural language, reason with confidence and learn from its mistakes.  Read more...