This code pattern shows you how to tap into massive data sets to mine insight.
In this exercise, you'll start with the basics and build your own news mining web application using JavaScript, Node.js, and the Watson Discovery service. Enriched news data can help your application make dynamic connections across current events faster. Organizations can harness this constant stream of information to gain understanding, plan strategies, and find opportunities. The web is home to massive amounts of data, with more being created every day. Query Watson Discovery News using the Watson Discovery Service Summary The ministry hopes AI will help reduce the punishingly long hours bureaucrats spend preparing written answers for ministers.This repo has been archived and is no longer being maintained.
Next month, the economy, trade and industry ministry will introduce AI on a trial basis to help civil servants draft answers for ministers during cabinet meetings and parliamentary sessions. Japan’s shrinking, ageing population, coupled with its prowess in robot technology, makes it a prime testing ground for AI.Īccording to a 2015 report by the Nomura Research Institute, nearly half of all jobs in Japan could be performed by robots by 2035.ĭai-Ichi Life Insurance has already introduced a Watson-based system to assess payments - although it has not cut staff numbers - and Japan Post Insurance is interested in introducing a similar setup, the Mainichi said.ĪI could soon be playing a role in the country’s politics. While the use of AI will drastically reduce the time needed to calculate Fukoku Mutual’s payouts – which reportedly totalled 132,000 during the current financial year – the sums will not be paid until they have been approved by a member of staff, the newspaper said. The technology will be able to read tens of thousands of medical certificates and factor in the length of hospital stays, medical histories and any surgical procedures before calculating payouts, according to the Mainichi Shimbun. The system is based on IBM’s Watson Explorer, which, according to the tech firm, possesses “cognitive technology that can think like a human”, enabling it to “analyse and interpret all of your data, including unstructured text, images, audio and video”. The move is unlikely to be welcomed, however, by 34 employees who will be made redundant by the end of March.