Man vs App on Jeopardy tonight.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

So, as i see it, the two flaws in this game are:

1. Speech recognition should have been used (or, the text feed should have been streamed at the same pace as Alex's talking)
2. Warson should have to visually sense the illumination of a light (as humans must) instead of a direct link electrical signal

Afraid not, the machine would still consistently win.

Originally Posted by SomeRandomQuoteOffTheInternet

"Depending on the type of fiber, the neural impulse travels at speed ranging from a sluggish 2 miles per hour to, in some myelinated fibers, a breakneck 200 or more miles per hour. But even this top speed is 3 million times slower than the speed of electricity through a wire."