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They should have had a human from the IBM team manning the buzzer based on a visual cue that Watson is ready to answer. Much like Deep Blue didn't actually mov
by jhamburger 16y ago
They should have had a human from the IBM team manning the buzzer based on a visual cue that Watson is ready to answer. Much like Deep Blue didn't actually move the chess pieces with a robotic arm.
- tghw 16y agoWhy? In this case, Watson use a buzzer just like the human contestants. It still has to take time to figure out the answer.
- marshray 16y agoOr to give Watson a taste of the human world perhaps they could route the signal via a congested cell carrier data plan.
- blhack 16y agoThis is a great idea, actually. This was supposed to be a demonstration of natural language parsing and information retrieval, not a demonstration of a computers ability to react quickly. We already know that computers are good at the latter.