IBM Watson supercomputer will test himself in the role of qualified sales assistant

Habré not just once or twice to publish news about the supercomputer IBM Watson. This system is already able to provide qualified medical advice , cook unusual dishes from simple ingredients , as well as calculate the challenging economic scenario.

Among other things, based on IBM Watson created a special unit IBM , and the API system to access third-party developers. Applications created by these developers will determine the entire ecosystem of IBM Watson, including the directions of the supercomputer.

One of the first companies that agreed to cooperate actively with the IBM Watson, became the company Fluid, engaged in online trading. This company is working to create an application that will allow to perform the role of supercomputers in the highly qualified sales assistant that you can pick up the right clothes. Well, for example, clothes for a picnic in the lap of nature. With all that the goods will be selected based on personal preferences of the buyer, the place where it will need clothes, and many other factors.

«Consultant" joined the company store The North Face, which specializes in selling sporting goods and travel. And pick up everything you need with the help of the consultant will be easy. For example, IBM Watson will offer everything you need to walk around the delta of the Amazon, given the buyer the question "What does it cost to buy a weekly trip to the Amazon, in the lower reaches of the river, in June?".

System in their councils will be based on many factors, including the weather conditions of the region, time of year, the age of the buyer, as well as the personal preferences of the buyer. The latter will become clear in the course of the conversation with a "consultant."

By the way, according to the division IBM Institute for Business Value, about 40% of customers use different kinds of technology to collect data about the desired product. Yet much of the collected data remains unclaimed, buyer something does not account for, something forgotten, something closes his eyes. As a result, the goods purchased is not what a person needs in fact.

But IBM Watson in a very short time be able to find all the most relevant, taking into account not only the factors mentioned above, but also the criteria of evaluation of other buyers of goods, product reviews, reviews of manufacturing companies. In the process of selection of goods, this supercomputer will work with hundreds of factors that will determine the final set of products offered by the buyer.

We all know that in any store sales consultants work leaves much to be desired. In most cases, these guys are only interested in increasing the sales of his store, and thus increase their salaries. Blame them or not - is a complex issue, and we will not discuss it now. But here's a virtual advisor about your own salary just will not think, and product data in IBM Watson orders of magnitude more than the average salesperson. What's supercomputer does not "know" himself, he will find out on the web.

Fluid Company currently is working on creating cloud applications Expert Personal Shopper (XPS), and which will operate as a seller using resources superkompyutera. This application will run on desktops, tablets and smartphones.

Unfortunately, the release date of the application is not yet known, but both partners try to run the Expert Personal Shopper as quickly as possible.



Via ibm.com

Source: habrahabr.ru/company/ibm/blog/221015/