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Watson Part 2: How IBM’s Big Bet Failed

The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of Aging

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The Failure of the Watson Project

IBM's Watson machine learning system was supposed to help cancer doctors make better and more efficient decisions for their patients. The company spent billions of dollars trying to make that happen, but they couldn't keep their promises. Dr. Isaac Kohana gives a great example of the kinds of challenges that can arise in interpreting medical data.

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