To get a machine to operate in an environment that has somewhat illogical rules, you have to in-essence take it out of its somewhat clean and logical environment of ‘if’, ‘then’, and ‘else’ and bring it into the messier environment of human logic— ‘shoud’ve’, ‘would’ve’, and ‘could’ve.’
That’s where the Watson Ecosystem comes in. This isn’t an individual product, but a platform that can affect a myriad of industries and, by extension, lives. This explains the Watson team’s focus on healthcare as a prominent member of that ecosystem.