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		ugh on Feb 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM's Watson starts on Jeopardy Tonight How so? The challenge seems to me to be all about the question whether a computer can beat humans at Jeopardy. Reaction times are a part of that.

spencewah on Feb 16, 2011 [–]

Because it goes against the spirit of the competition. Nobody would be impressed if IBM built a machine that could simply buzz in faster than Jennings and Rutter.

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