I did notice that either the questions got hard enough on Day 2 & 3 that Watson hesitated, or they slowed down the speed at which Watson could 'read' the answers in relation to how fast the competition was able to.

The only way the questions could be harder for Watson would be puns, or a play on words. No matter how hard a person might find the questions, Watson uses the same method for finding answers to every one. Not sure why this is such a problem for some folks. Planes can land themselves, why cant a computer with years of research behind it be good at Jeopardy?

Yeah, Watson is a bit of a cheat. Give him average human reflexes if you want to test how good he is at Jeopardy. We all know a computer can beat a human in the reflexes department.

>> ^Drachen_Jager:

Yeah, Watson is a bit of a cheat. Give him average human reflexes if you want to test how good he is at Jeopardy. We all know a computer can beat a human in the reflexes department.


Not just reflexes...give him human humility or doubt. That'll be enough to slow him right down and start Hunting Sarah Conor!

This whole exercise on Jeopardy was a complete waste. Why does every second week of Jeopardy have to be some nonsense? I'll tell you why... so that dumb assholes can watch it periodcally.

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