JBrown@charities.org | March 1, 2011
Could IBM’s Watson Computer Aid the Work of Nonprofits?
Watson, the IBM super computer, last week beat out two of Jeopardy’s most successful contestants on the television game show. Now officials at IBM are beginning to think about how Watson, which can answer questions posed to it in natural language by using algorithms to sort through reams and reams of information, might be able to help alleviate social problems.
This week, roughly 100 government officials, medical researchers, nonprofit leaders, and others gathered at IBM’s research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., to discuss the possibilities. Read the rest at The Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/article/Could-IBM-s-Watson-Computer/126502/
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