Insights December 15th, 2015

IBM’s Watson has been big news over the past 2 or 3 years and the revolution in cognitive computing has ushered in the idea that a computer similar thought processes to a human has an incredible amount of value. In ‘The Future of Work: CELIA, The Next Generation of Watson’ we look at Watson and the next step in Evolution, CELIA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xcmh1LQB9I
IBM is building on Watson’s capabilities and ‘humanness.’ Researchers at the company have built a machine-learning computer that could one day form the foundation of a fully-fledged general artificial intelligence system, CELIA.

Via Quartz

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Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that researches, speaks, and writes about the future of work, how technology is affecting the workplace, how workers are adapting, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. He appears at conferences in Canada, USA, UK, and Europe. Email him to book him for your radio, TV show, or conference.

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Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is world-renowned futurist speaker, a Fellow of The RSA (FRSA), a media personality, and has worked with over 400 of the world’s most impactful companies to establish strategic foresight capabilities, identify trends shaping our world, help anticipate unforeseen risks, and design equitable futures for all. In his new book – ‘Facing Our Futures’ – he challenges short-term thinking and provides executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to ignite curiosity, create a framework for futures exploration, and shift their mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

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