Nice to see some numbers on Watson’s much discussed reaction time: Watson, on the hand, does not anticipate the light, but has a weighted scheme where when it

Nice to see some numbers on Watson’s much discussed reaction time: Watson, on the hand, does not anticipate the light, but has a weighted scheme where when it is highly confident it can buzz in as short a time as 10 milliseconds, making it very hard for humans to beat. Less confident, and it buzzed more slowly. Also, this quote: “It sort of wants to get beaten when it doesn’t have high confidence,” Dr. Ferrucci said. “It doesn’t want to look stupid.” This line: The researchers also acknowledged that the machine benefited from the “buzzer factor.” And the other players’ take on it: Both human players felt that Watson’s button pushing skill wasn’t necessarily an unfair advantage. “I beat Watson a couple of times,” said Mr. Rutter.