Cognitive Computing | How to Get Started

Cognitive Computing refers to systems that learn at scale, reason with purpose and interact with humans naturally. Rather than being explicitly programmed, they learn and reason from their interactions with us and from their experiences with their environment.



Putting cognitive technology to work is easier than you might think, but how?

First, some background. The cognitive era is an ongoing movement of sweeping technological transformation. The impetus of this movement is the emerging field of cognitive technology, radically disruptive systems that understand unstructured data, a reason to form hypotheses, learn from experience and interact with humans naturally. Success in the cognitive era will depend on the ability to derive intelligence from all forms of data with this technology.

Cognitive computing is perhaps most unique in that it upends the established IT doctrine that a technology’s value diminishes over time; because cognitive systems improve as they learn, they actually become more valuable. This quality among others makes cognitive technology highly desirable for business, and many early adopters are leveraging the competitive advantage it affords.


In a recently conducted IBM market study, we investigated more than 600 early adopters who are putting cognitive technology to work. Our report, The Cognitive advantage: Insights from early adopters on driving business value, examines emerging patterns of early adoption. These patterns reveal a blueprint of sorts for future adopters.


But, How do I get started?

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