IBM's Project Intu brings Watson's Capabilities To Any Device

IBM has launched a new system-agnostic platform called Project Intu with which it aims to bring "embodied cognition" to a range of devices. From a report on SiliconAngle: In IBM's parlance, "cognitive computing" refers to machine learning. The idea behind Project Intu is that developers will be able to use the platform to embed the various machine learning functions offered by IBM's Watson service into various applications and devices, and make them work across a wide spectrum of form factors. So, for example, developers will be able to use Project Intu's capabilities to embed machine learning capabilities into pretty much any kind of device, from avatars to drones to robots and just about any other kind of Internet of Things' device. As a result, these devices will be able to "interact more naturally" with users via a range of emotions and behaviors, leading to more meaningful and immersive experiences for users, IBM said. What's more, because Project Intu is system-agnostic, developers can use it to build cognitive experiences on a wide range of operating systems, be it Raspberry PI, MacOS, Windows or Linux. Project Intu is still an experimental platform, and it can be accessed via the Watson Developer Cloud, the Intu Gateway and also on GitHub.

Garbage

[110010001000]

More fake "AI" garbage.

Re: Garbage

[Grady Booch]

Not really.

Matrix turn(ed) off

[harvey the nerd]

Everyone worries about a "Skynet" thermonuclear war or violent machines with blades etc or gray goo.

The other possibility is that we don't wake up one morning. Rather they just turned us or our ubiquitously AI controlled habitat off one night....

Re:

[kwiecmmm]

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Re: Matrix turn(ed) off

[slick7]

Before Skynet does you in, it requires being sentient. Connecting everything together will be the first step, then, watch what happens next. Hive mind. Whether it survives or not, remains to be seen. Human stupidity will always overcome artificial intelligence.

WaaS

[Gravis Zero]

This is really just "Watson as a Service" rather than actually adding the capabilities of Watson to devices. I'm sure it'll be just as free and privacy minded as other "cloud" services.

Re: WaaS

[Grady Booch]

Actually, not true. Intu uses Watson services, but it is an orchestration layer that permits opportunistic control through a society of agents.

fantastic!

[Gravis Zero]

I can't wait for twitter to turn Watson into a racist submissive!

Watson is closed source

[bigbang137]

We the people need an open source alternative to Watson. AFAIK, Github just has the SDK.

Re: Watson is closed source

[Grady Booch]

So, what is stopping you from building one? :-)

Funding

[bigbang137]

Fund me for five years and I will.