Enable cognitive computing features in your app using IBM Watson's language, vision, speech and data APIs

1. BUILDING COGNITIVE BOTS
JAMES THOMAS, IBM

5. “WHAT MOVIE SHOULD I GO
WATCH?”

7. LET’S ASK A
FRIEND…
Quick, fast & efficient.

8. LET’S ASK
WATSON…
http://bit.ly/watson-movies

9. HOW DO YOU SCRIPT NATURAL
LANGUAGE CONVERSATIONS?
Bot Developer.
BOT ISSUES

10. Dialog
Script conversations any
way you like to answer
questions, walk through
processes, or just to
chat!

11. CONVERSATION
ANALYSIS
Harvey Sacks, Founder.

12. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dialog xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="WatsonDialogDocument_1.0.xsd" xml
<flow>
<folder label="Main">
<output id="output_2508575">
<prompt selectionType="SEQUENTIAL">
<item>What can I call you?</item>
<item>What's your name?</item>
</prompt>
<getUserInput id="getUserInput_2508591">
<input>
<grammar>
<item>Movies</item>
<item>$ (GENRE)={Genre_Preference}</item>
DIALOG MARKUP

13. DEMO

14. HOW DO YOU GO BEYOND
KEYWORD MATCHING?
Bot Developer.
BOT ISSUES

15. Natural Language
Classifier
Interpret and classify
natural language with
confidence.

16. QUESTION CLASS
“I'd like to see a recent drama.” SearchMovies
“Where is the Avengers showing?” CheckShowtimes
LookupDirectors“What’s the new Woody Allen film?”
PreSequence
RepairTalk
“What do you know about movies?”
“What does that mean?”
… and more.

18. Dialog Service
“Can you find me a movie?”
“When would you like to go?”
Bot

19. Dialog Service
“Can you find me a movie?”
“When would you like to go?”
ClassifierBot
+ {“search”: 0.5678, “showtimes”: 0.0134, …}

20. Dialog Service
“Can you find me a movie?”
“When would you like to go?”
Bot
+ {“anger”: 0.0678, “fear”: 0.0134, …}
Tone Analysis

21. Building bots is easy…

22. Natural language is hard.
Building bots is easy…

24. http://bit.ly/cognitive-bots
@thomasj