To be clear, it is perfectly natural for questions to be asked about whether a chief executive should retain a badge indicating that he is revered nationally in some kind of way, after his reckless expansion of Royal Bank of Scotland led to the biggest taxpayer bailout in British corporate history and contributed to the darkest deepest recession since the 1930s.
The ability to use Watson to answer complex questions posed in natural language with speed, accuracy and confidence has enormous potential to improve decision making across a variety of industries from health care, to retail, telecommunications and financial services.
The ability to use Watson to answer complex questions posed in natural language with speed, accuracy and confidence has enormous potential to help improve decision making across a variety of industries from health care, to retail, telecommunications and financial services.
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Generally posed in natural language, human-asked questions are search engine lightning rods for companies that produce content on the fly.
But Mr Clarke said the polls were the most encouraging news he had had as they put him "miles ahead" in questions about who is a natural party leader, a potential prime minister and someone who recognises the need for change.
Unlike IBM's Deep Blue chess project in the 90s, which was pretty much pure math, Watson has to deal with the natural language and punny nature of real Jeopardy questions.
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We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to someone who takes a hot shower every morning using the natural gas that we provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it.
Professor Leridon said the study had been carried out because it was important to answer a range of practical questions about the chances of either natural or artificially aided conception so that couples could be given more precise information about the potential risks of postponing childbirth beyond a given age.
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He specifically questions whether complex systems could have evolved gradually through natural selection and random mutation.
The decision leaves for future litigation questions about whether software that involves an algorithm based on natural laws, for example, or patents on certain medical procedures will survive review.
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This raises questions about the role of law enforcement and order during a natural disaster.
That's only natural, but here's the problem with dumping the speech and taking questions.
It also raises questions about the psychology of looting and rioting which occur after most natural disasters.
Everyone concerned with indoor air pollution, health, natural resources in the developing world and global warming has a stake in these questions.
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Watson is designed to "understand" natural language requests and then access vast quantities of unstructured data to find the best answers to questions.
When the questions erupted - is it remotely practical, can any port be home to liquefied natural gas, oil refineries and nuclear submarines, how many jobs would come to Wales, was he serious?
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