Don't let others define you. You define yourself.
I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.
Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence.
The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.
Be first and be lonely.
Growth and comfort do not coexist.
Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.
Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.
You build your own strategy. You don't define it by what another competitor is doing.
Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.
The ultimate competitive advantage is being cognitive.
I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.
Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it.
Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk.
You've got to keep reinventing. You'll have new competitors. You'll have new customers all around you.
Artificial intelligence is one of 50 things that Watson does. There is also machine learning, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and different analytical engines - they're like little Lego bricks. You can put intelligence in any product or any process you have.
It will not be a world of man versus machine. It will be a world of man plus machines.
Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.
As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.'
Watson augments human decision-making because it isn't governed by human boundaries. It draws together all this information and forms hypotheses, millions of them, and then tests them with all the data it can find. It learns over time what data is reliable, and that's part of its learning process.
