Humans can and do anticipate the signal - Watson, according to the documents, waited for the signal, then directed a robot finger to push the buzzer. It rather evens out.
Terry McIntyre <[email protected]> Unix/Linux Systems Administration Taking time to do it right saves having to do it twice. ________________________________ From: Dave Dyer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 5:24:47 AM Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Jeopardy >It really came down to Watson beeing a world class buzzer beater. This speed >test was ofcourse ridiculous in itself. This is a facile explanation. Sure, if the humans and the Watson were both ready to buzz in at the earliest legal time, Watson, with nanosecond precision reflexes, has the edge. The fucking amazing thing was that Watson was ready. _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
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