Question

Read about WATSON, IBM's computer system that assimilates research on medical conditions, such as cancer, and helps doctors diagnose and treat patients.

https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/43444.wss

A. Do you believe an intelligent computer system will replace human doctors and nurse practitioners in diagnosing and treating disease?

B. Why or why not?

C. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a system like WATSON?

Answer 1

WATSON computer system was initially used for answering questions.

A)No it cannot replace the human doctor and nurse practitioner in diagnosing and treatment

B)It is because it gives result which as been stored by human only,so if there is a change it has to be installed on it for updation.Otherwise it cannot predict the right answer.If it does the work of a doctor the treatment will be hypothetical because it has no personal previous experience of human feeling.

C)

Advantage	Disadvantage
Good storage ,can remember even outdated thing	only in English
It can act as support system	maintainance is difficult
It can address human limitations	expensive
Customer service can be increased	cannot be affordable by smaller organization
Helps in decision making	it is a machine cannot understand the feeling
Large amount of data can be handled	machinery