The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
IBM Watson's $60M MD Anderson oncology project was a complete failure
“Now several years later, and sixty million dollars down the drain, that initiative failed. It actually failed.”
Stan Christiaens Jul 13, 2017 ▶ 10:00 AI, Big Data, and Data Governance // Stan Christiaens, Collibra (FirstMark's Data Driven)
Prediction Held up
Bordes: Direct machine reading will eventually match IBM Watson's performance
“The goal is that, ah, eventually, by trying to understand the text directly, you can actually at least equal, all the information by Watson is in text, in free text.”
Antoine Bordes Nov 9, 2016 ▶ 20:00 Artificial Intelligence at Facebook // Antoine Bordes, Facebook [FirstMark's Data Driven]
Assertion Supported
IBM Watson used Apache UIMA and did not replace Hadoop
“I wouldn't assert that it replaces Hadoop. In fact, it's based on UEMA. It's an Apache project.”
Michael Karasick Jan 15, 2015 ▶ 23:14 Michael Karasick, IBM Watson // Data Driven #33 // Jan 2015 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Assertion Partly supported
IBM Watson released a cookbook on Amazon with 50 AI-created recipes
“There's a cookbook out also, and it's available on Amazon. Done, done with the Institute of Culinary Education. There's kind of 50 Watson-created recipes.”
Michael Karasick Jan 15, 2015 ▶ 9:10 Michael Karasick, IBM Watson // Data Driven #33 // Jan 2015 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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