Why Computers Suck At Jeopardy

Jonah Lehrer notes Watson's flaws. The computer is slow on the buzzer:

Those players on Jeopardy are able to ring the buzzer before they can actually articulate the answer. All they have is a feeling, and that feeling is enough. These feelings of knowing illustrate the power of our emotions. Thefirst thing to note is that these feelings are often extremelyaccurate...The second important feature of these feelings of knowing is theirspeed. As Thompson makes clear, it's the speed of these...