Adding AI to the Development Mix

Now have been involved in several 'next generation' examination of AI and development systems, and understanding is itself still lacking.

DevOps increasingly embracing AI systems, but security fears persist
by Mike Wheatley

Developers are increasingly adopting intelligent, automated systems in the data center as they seek to offload manual processes in order to keep up with the accelerating pace of IT operations. .... 

That conclusion was taken from a new survey of IT executives about the adoption of intelligent, AI-based systems and machines in the enterprise. However, the survey, sponsored by IT management software firm Ipswitch Inc., warned that early adopters have not yet gotten to grips with the security and access risks posed by delegating tasks to bots and other autonomous systems. ... " 

Using Bluemix Watson Cognitive Services

 Want to see how to utilize the 28 APIs now available that derive from Watson, for your own applications?  Or even determine what is possible today?   Here is a self contained piece that tells you how to sign up for Bluemix services free, and how to do a data intense problem. Very instructive. Technical, but not overly so.  This is the kind of approach that is being used by many students in schools worldwide who are being trained to implement cognitive services.

Cognitive Business Emergent. Decision Makers Say Show me.

In the WSJ.  Article on IBM's Cognitive Business group.  Surprised the term AI is being used.   Have not seen that used in IBM's materials.  Term has been somewhat toxic in business.  Decision makers now in a more show-me mood.  I do like the re-emphasis on the connection of analytics to cognitive, which we pushed for years.     " ... IBM’s New Unit Bets on Boom in Artificial Intelligence  Division will advise companies on using IBM’s Watson artificial-intelligence software  ... " 

IBM Announces the Cognitive Business

Cognitive Business is Here

Humans create a staggering amount of information. Poetry, equations, films, selfies, diagnoses, discoveries. Data pours from our mobile devices, social networks, from every digitized and connected system we use. 80% of this data is virtually invisible to computers—including nearly all the information captured in language, sight and sound. Until now. 

IBM Watson applies its cognitive technologies to help change how we approach and understand all of this information. Everything that is digital has the potential to become cognitive, and, in a sense, be able to “think.”

Watson can bring cognition to everything and everyone. To evolve in this data-driven culture, every business will need to become a cognitive business.   ... " 

(Much more at link) 

Watson Cognitive Business Introduction Talk

Received from the Cognitive Systems Institute.  I will attend.
For those that cannot attend,  slides are here.

Dear Professors, Students, IBMers and others, 

Just a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series call tomorrow on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 10:30am ET (7:30am PT).  Tomorrow, Jim Spohrer and Dianne Fodell will discuss "Cognitive Business," the new era of technology, which IBM announced yesterday and we will open the call up for a general discussion around cognitive topics of your choosing.    I hope you will join the call.   

Dial-In Number(s):   888-426-6840, Participant Code:  48982031.  Dial in on the phone and also Join Web meeting:  https://apps.na.collabserv.com/meetings/join?id=2894-8491password=cognitive.   Non-IBMers, please use the "guest" option.   

Please find the schedule of presenters herefor the next several calls and please sign up for making a presentation by sending a note to me (fodell@us.ibm.com).   A link to slides (if used) and a recording of each call will be available on the CSIG website (http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/).   

We encourage those who join the calls to add questions and comments to the https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Cognitive-Systems-Institute-6729452on LinkedIn and we ask that you ask questions at the end of the call.

Thank you,   Dianne Fodell   ....