Cognitive computing has been around for quite some time – ever since the dawn of mankind’s journey into intelligence. It began with what we now call artificial intelligence (AI), and as this field advanced over the years, so too did cognitive computing. Cognitive computing is a subset of AI that seeks to build systems modeled off intelligent entities found in nature, like humans.
Technology has taken leaps and bounds with regard to cognitive computing, from its early days of rule-based programming and simple algorithms to machine learning models that can operate tasks autonomously using particular criteria or objectives. But still, we have yet to reach the same levels of decision making capability as our human counterparts; this work is ongoing in many labs all over the world right now!
With numerous research projects and big tech companies at the forefront of this legwork, there’s no doubt that artificial intelligence will continue to get smarter each day — eventually it might even become sentient — but until then we can look forward to watching advancements made in fields such as computer vision, natural language processing, robotics and other related endeavors absorb new ideas on how better emulate our minds.
As AI becomes more powerful it may offer up unforeseen opportunities for venturing out into unknown territories - maybe just about every area known. We could be utilizing cognitive computing technologies for things such as self-driving cars or housekeeping robots before we know it! However, as technology progresses further along its path toward autonomy, several ethical questions concerning these inventions are being asked pertaining to privacy issues and fairness within these processes; regardless though it cannot be denied that where once upon a time something seemed last minute sci-fi fodder is slowly becoming reality — thanks mainly in part by progressions made through cognitive computing fields of study.
Eventually time will tell just how far AI will go with regards cognition capabilities but one truth remains absolute: that by trying our best today makes tomorrow a much brighter possibility than was predicted anytime before!