Man vs App on Jeopardy tonight.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

Well, unless they built in an uncertainty factor (and I haven't been paying attention much) Watson should essentially always win a buzzer battle. That particular piece of technology (responding immediately to a visual signal) is pretty old and should trigger at microsecond levels.

I've lost the link but one of the Jeopardy producers considered the button press issue moot because the guy that's not Ken is known for his lightning fast button times.

Obviously that is not the case. Watson is clearly winning the battle of the button press time and time again when all contestants clearly know the question long before Alex finishes reading the answer.

Still the Watson App does have to come up with the correct answer very quickly and is doing that extremely well.