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Why is this only offered to lawyers and legal professionals? I have had countless scenarios where I just want to look up something regarding the laws surroundin

• vertex-four 12y ago
  One issue is that they'd have to be very careful to ensure they're not seen as providing legal advice.
• alexhawdon 12y ago
  Watson's good, but it's not that advanced. It's an 'expert system', in that it's a system for experts, not a system that is an expert. This is a smarter, domain-specific search engine. You still need to be able to ask the right questions and then understand interpret the results it provides. I still don't disagree that for certain 'low-stakes' issues it could be a useful tool for lay persons, but they'd need to understand the limitations. Perhaps they're worried that giving such access might tarnish the Watson brand -- if a medical doctor has tried Ross and found it wanting then when they roll out 'House' she might dismiss it as junk based on that experience.
• caskance 12y ago
  No. It's more like StackOverflow. You wouldn't send a non-programmer there for basic questions, it's for people who work in the field looking for specific answers.