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Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson

By : Rob High, Tanmay Bakshi
Book Image

Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson

By: Rob High, Tanmay Bakshi

Overview of this book

Cognitive computing is rapidly becoming a part of every aspect of our lives through data science, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI). It allows computing systems to learn and keep on improving as the amount of data in the system increases. This book introduces you to a whole new paradigm of computing – a paradigm that is totally different from the conventional computing of the Information Age. You will learn the concepts of ML, deep learning (DL), neural networks, and AI with the help of IBM Watson APIs. This book will help you build your own applications to understand, and solve problems, and analyze them as per your needs. You will explore various domains of cognitive computing, such as NLP, voice processing, computer vision, emotion analytics, and conversational systems. Equipped with the knowledge of machine learning concepts, how computers do their magic, and the applications of these concepts, you’ll be able to research and apply cognitive computing in your projects.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Programming your conversation application


So, now we're ready to start developing an application to make use of your trained Watson conversation. For this, we're going to use Python, and we're less concerned with the proper structuring of the application as a whole than with the structuring of your calls to the Watson Assistant services. However, before we begin, we need get the Python SDK for Watson. If you don't already have Python installed, go to https://www.python.org/.

Once you have Python installed, you should be able to use the PIP tool to download and install by issuing the following command in a terminal window:

pip install --upgrade watson-developer-cloud

There are occasions where you may run into permission errors when you issue that command on Mac or Linux. If you do, type the following command:

sudo -H pip install --ignore-installed six watson-developer-cloud

More information about the software developer kit (SDK) can be found at https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python...