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TL;DR. IBM's natural language question-answering system, developed to understand and respond to complex queries.

Technical Definition

IBM's natural language question-answering system, developed to understand and respond to complex queries.

How it works

Watson is a notable question-answering computer system developed by IBM. It was designed to understand and process questions posed in natural human language and then find answers from vast amounts of data. Watson gained significant public attention for its success in the quiz show 'Jeopardy!', demonstrating advanced capabilities in natural language processing and information retrieval.

Related Concepts

  • Natural language processing (NLP) — A field of AI enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language.
  • Question Answering (QA) — A system's ability to automatically answer questions posed in natural language.

Further Reading

  • Wikipedia — Glossary of AI