VC calls IBM Watson “a joke”

To the average American, artificial intelligence is something mesmerizing, something to be applauded. And IBM is supposedly on the forefront of the field.

But Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO and founder of Social Capital, a Palo Alto, California-based venture capital firm, begs to differ.

“Watson is a joke, just to be completely honest,” he said in an interview on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” last week. Lire la suite