Opening Vignette (3 of 3) Discussion Questions for the Opening vignette 1. What is Watson? What is special about it? 2. What technologies were used in building Watson (both hardware and software)? 3. What are the innovative characteristics of deep Qa architecture that made Watson superior? 4. Why did BM spend all that time and money to build Watson? Where is the return on investment(ROD? Pearson Copyright C 2018, 2014, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights ReservedCopyright © 2018, 2014, 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved Opening Vignette (3 of 3) Discussion Questions for the Opening Vignette 1. What is Watson? What is special about it? 2. What technologies were used in building Watson (both hardware and software)? 3. What are the innovative characteristics of DeepQA architecture that made Watson superior? 4. Why did IBM spend all that time and money to build Watson? Where is the return on investment (ROI)?