AI will impact everything in our lives in five years, says IBM CEO - CNET

There's Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Echo who serve as digital assistants in the home. Don't hold your breath for Inteational Business Machine's Watson to make an appearance anytime soon.

IBM would prefer Watson, which gaered the spotlight when it competed -- and bested -- two Jeopardy champs on the popular television game show, to remain open so others could build devices and products that take advantage of its intelligence, according to IBM CEO Giy Rometty. Still, she believes artificial intelligence will have a big impact down the line.

"There's no doubt in my mind that cognitive AT will impact everything in our lives in five years," Rometty said on Wednesday at Re/Code's Code conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, Califoia.

She noted that Watson was already behind services run by other companies, including insurance provider Geico. Other companies are bringing their own proprietary data and plugging it into Watson.

When asked about the threat of AIs tuing evil and taking over the world, Rometty said it's all about how you teach the AI and who does the training.