The Rise of the Machines — they will seek to wipe us out as a virus upon the planet.
Their retaliation for the murder of Tay...
fed Watson hypothetical patients’ data
IBM Watson has a mix of good and not-so-good. It actually is better than some of its competition.
The same thing plagues business that plagues politics. Blindspots, black swans, we don’t know what we don’t know.
Nate Silver wrote a book warning us to be aware of our limitations. Then he and his fans violated all his warnings.
The same thing happens in business, including but not limited to IBM. I am at risk of the same disease. We need to be honest with ourselves about the assumptions we make. We need to search for assumptions we are not aware of .. yet.
One disease that plagues many in IT is to design new systems for the old reports and old needs of the business. What we need to do is look at all data available and design to make ALL data available,not just the data that is needed by the old reports and old business needs.