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IBM Watson was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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November 13, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
September 25, 2022	Good article reassessment	Delisted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 19, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that 74-time champion Ken Jennings may be one of the human challengers to face IBM's artificial intelligence software Watson* in a special challenge match on* Jeopardy!?
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On 19 June 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Watson (computer) to IBM Watson. The result of the discussion was moved.

Name of what Watson is

This is in response to the revert.^[1] My point is Watson is NOT an AI. The Watson (mainframe) that played jeopardy and the variant that is used in different academic systems for research is a computer based on what IBM cals cognitive technologies. This is not to be confused with "IBM Watson" services they provide under their cloud umbrella.

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^ "Watson (computer)", Wikipedia, 2014-06-26, retrieved 2018-08-04

It appears to me that Watson is actually an Expert System (or at least was initially), not AI the way we think of today (ML, GenAI). Details are a bit sketchy on how the system works in detail, but the fact that it's primary use cases were medical diagnosis seems to confirm that suspicion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.84.149 (talk) 12:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 19 June 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:54, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Watson (computer) → IBM Watson – Per WP:NATURALDAB, natural disambiguations are preferred over parenthetical disambiguations. "IBM Watson" is also the name used on its official website, and is commonly used in reliable sources. InfiniteNexus (talk) 04:34, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nominator. JIP | Talk 16:45, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the name is used in official sources and commonly used elsewhere. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 02:11, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Shwcz (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Natural disambiguation is always preferred when possible. cookie monster 755 02:45, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA22 - Sect 201 - Thu

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sp6796 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Sp6796 (talk) 22:50, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Watson (computer)", Wikipedia, 2014-06-26, retrieved 2018-08-04

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