IBM scientists are developing a new software ecosystem that would be able to support cognitive computing systems that interact more naturally with humans.
Cognitive computing systems can be trained with artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms. The potential for this technology is elaborated in the video below. IBM Research says this sort of technology allows for the creation of "applications that mimic the brain’s abilities for perception, action, and cognition." That means computers would deal with data and "think" more the way we do as humans.
If this all sounds complex, well, that's because it is. IBM explains that programmable computing systems we use today were designed decades ago and are efficient "number crunchers." But in the world we live in today with real-time big data being produced in massive quantities globally, this aging technology just doesn't cut it anymore.
That's why modeling computing systems after the brain might work better. IBM Watson (pictured above) is the most well-known cognitive computer, and it famously competed on game showJeopardy! in 2011, beating two human champions.
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