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Died with his buzzer in his hand, Lord Lord... Nice image by Jennings. But I was surprised to hear him complain about the buzzer reaction time advantage. In an
by warmfuzzykitten 16y ago
Died with his buzzer in his hand, Lord Lord...
Nice image by Jennings. But I was surprised to hear him complain about the buzzer reaction time advantage. In an earlier interview with the Washington Post he discounted this, saying that the best human players anticipate the timing while Watson has to wait for the signal.
"On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best... But I wouldn't call this unfair...precise timing just happens to be one thing computers are better at than we humans. It's not like I think Watson should try buzzing in more erratically just to give homo sapiens a chance."
http://live.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-ken-jennings.html?hpid=talkbox1 http://live.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-ken-jennings.html?hp...
- sausagefeet 16y agoLike sciolistse said I think the "unfair" part was a bit of editorializing.