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Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by pesenti »

dalek2point3 wrote: post #59
pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

I'm curious about the "copyright" field. Do you return the original sources from where Watson learnt the information he is presenting? What are the major sources? Have you faced copyright or legal restrictions to access information and has this affected Watson's ability to answer questions in a certain area?

Copyright is a tricky issue indeed and we are still figuring it out (working with publishers).

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by billconan »

pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

while this technology looks interesting, the marketing effort is terrible.

There is no link on the webpage pointing to access request. I had to find it from the comments.

there is no example questions other than that michael jackson example. and that example is not a question. why does it reply michael jackson as an answer? there is no explanation.

there should be a web access point for potential developers to play with the api. I still have no idea what question I can ask and what answer I can expect.

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Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by kordless »

billconan wrote: post #62
pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

while this technology looks interesting, the marketing effort is terrible. There is no link on the webpage pointing to access request. I had to find it from the comments. there is no example questions other than that michael jackson example. and that example is not a question. why does it reply michael jackson as an answer? there is no explanation. there should be a web access point for potential developers to play w…

Basic dev marketing.

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by pesenti »

billconan wrote: post #62
pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

while this technology looks interesting, the marketing effort is terrible. There is no link on the webpage pointing to access request. I had to find it from the comments. there is no example questions other than that michael jackson example. and that example is not a question. why does it reply michael jackson as an answer? there is no explanation. there should be a web access point for potential developers to play w…

Yes we know and are working on it. The soon-to-come next version should fix all these issues.

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by bruceboughton »

mmastrac wrote: post #52
cobalt wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

uhh, failed according to what?

I personally have seen very few success stories that involved Azure. The messaging coming through to the public is that Azure is buggy and unreliable. I can recall seeing a couple of major downtime incidents ([1] at least) in the last six months, and a significant number of major ones over the last few years (certificate renewal issues, leap day issues, etc [2][3][4]). I wouldn't choose Azure myself, and I would acti…

It's strange to see FUD deployed against Microsoft for once!

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by logicalman »

pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

Is BlueMix a Heroku competitor or compliment? I want to develop on the Watson API but I also want to use a stack I'm familiar with. Also, do you have range estimates for the price of accessing the Watson API?

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by pesenti »

logicalman wrote: post #66
pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

Is BlueMix a Heroku competitor or compliment? I want to develop on the Watson API but I also want to use a stack I'm familiar with. Also, do you have range estimates for the price of accessing the Watson API?

Yes BlueMix is a Heroku competitor. It is the easiest way to consume Watson APIs but won't be the only way. I can't disclose pricing yet.

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by pinkyand »

JunkDNA wrote: post #38
pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

I fully admit you may not be the right person for this question, but IBM has made a lot of hay about Watson in healthcare: lots of booths and talks at industry conferences, trotting out partner medical centers, PR pieces in the Wall Street Journal, etc... Despite all the noise, I have yet to see any sort of peer-reviewed clinical study that demonstrates the application of Watson in a real healthcare setting to improv…

While this is not peer-review , it's interesting :

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43231.wss

Re: IBM Watson API

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Post by 3327 »

pesenti wrote: post #15

IBM is about to make these APIs (and many others) much more accessible as part of BlueMix ( https://ace.ng.bluemix.net/ - the IBM PaaS/Heroku). I lead the team in charge of developing the Watson platform. Ask me questions!

When will Watson instances be open for access?
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