Man vs App on Jeopardy tonight.

[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

[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."

[Ghoulish Delight]

What Moonie said, a computer can still act faster and (more importantly) more c consistently to a light than a human. There's not a whole lot that can be done about it. The BEST they could do is introduce an artificial random delay to mimic human hesitation - but it still doesn't leave Watson susceptible to the "early trigger lockout" hazard that humans are.