[congerous]

Rometty doesn't even know that Watson is a vaporware boondoggle, so how would she know what's going to happen when AI impacts society. She is probably the least qualified person at IBM to talk about AI, and IBM itself is one of the least qualified companies practicing "AI". She too far removed from the trenches. But IBM has excellent PR, and this is the line I would take if I were betting my company on AI services.

[garysieling]

What part is vaporware? I've used the AlchemyAPI bits they acquired in building https://www.findlectures.com, and it's useful, albeit way oversold.

[congerous]

I don't know, you tell me how much of this you believe:

https://www.fastcompany.com/3065339/mind-and-machine/can-ibm...

> A doctor reads about a half dozen medical research papers in a month, Meyerson says, whereas Watson can read a half million in about 15 seconds. From that, machine learning (one of the key types of artificial intelligence today) can suggest diagnoses and the most promising course of treatment.