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Re Exposé of IBM Watson


From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:49:35 -0400




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From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker () gmail com>
Date: September 11, 2017 at 6:25:19 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () listbox com>
Cc: Mike Liebhold <mnl () well com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re Exposé of IBM Watson


   /"We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short
   run and underestimate the effect in the long run,"
...
   /“Never mistake a clear view for a short distance"/


There's a very consistent corollary that occurs in the world of technical standards:

  The theory of a proposed replacement is always more appealing than than reality of a solution in use.

  The theory lacks any of the detail or experience of what is in use, typically ignoring replacement and on-going 
operations effort, but that's merely a nit...


d/

-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net



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