IBM wants Watson to help solve professional and personal problems big and small. But it can’t do it alone.  To achieve its goal, IBM has been honing Watson’s various abilities and lending them to more than 500 startups and companies in 17 industries.

Source: CNN Tech

Date: January 29th, 2016

Link: http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/29/technology/watson-cool-apps/index.html?iid=Lead

Discussion

1) The article suggests that “Watson, in a sense, is becoming a virtual assistant — for hire. But its abilities allow it to offer far deeper and more analytical suggestions.”  How might you use this to help you in school?

2) Is there a service you could package to sell to students around what Watson can do, and what would the pricing strategy be?