Ken Jennings talked about that in an interview -- Watson didn't buzz in until it had a confidence level high enough to justify it, while humans do buzz in before they've completely figured it out, sometimes. He was talking about how that was part of his strategy against Watson.
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Date: 2011-02-17 08:33 pm (UTC)