re: #324 Captain Magic

“Once billed as a revolution in medicine, IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts”

“IBM said Friday it will sell the core data assets of its Watson Health division to a San Francisco-based private equity firm, marking the staggering collapse of its ambitious artificial intelligence effort that failed to live up to its promises to transform everything from drug discovery to cancer care.”

Well, two possibilities:

a) AI, while a useful construct, has been grossly oversold and needs far more time and effort to mature into useful transformational products; or

b) “Sure, Mr. Gates, you can sell your little operating system program for our computers, saves us the trouble.” “giggle, snicker: sucker!”