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Originally Posted by Alex
So I don't see how, on those questions where Watson has decided it will answer it can consistently be beat to buzzing in.
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Experience is showing exactly that. If Watson buzzes in he wins a disproportionate percentage of the time. You would have to penalize Watson with a delay equal to the amount of time it takes the average human to react to a stimulus in order to even things out.
Still from another point of view, the question being asked by the Watson project is can a machine answer questions as well and as fast as the best humans. In that respect I think the answer so far is yes.