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Cognitive computing

Cognitive computing

- [Narrator] Cloud computing enables developers to use cognitive computing techniques, performing computations and analysis at a scale previously unheard of. A basic understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning is quickly becoming required knowledge for anyone working in the application security space. You may hear people use terms like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive computing interchangeably, but be careful to avoid that same mistake. They're similar, yes, but each term has a unique meaning. Cognitive computing simulates human thinking and behavior. When you're building an application that does the same thing humans do, like building a chat bot to assist with customer service, you're using cognitive computing. Artificial intelligence refers to computing that has more autonomy, more independence than cognitive computing. Instead of just mimicking human behavior, AI seeks to come up with new ways, new algorithms, for solving some of the same…

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