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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by hallman76 on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @01:04PM (#2222366)
It doesn't feel like it's a fair fight otherwise, since it means he's exploiting a weakness intrinsic to his competitors

Late in the first round you can see Jennings change his strategy a bit -- he starts ringing in before he knows the answer. Jennings is exploiting the fact that Watson won't ring in until it has confidence in an answer.

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Re:Day 1: IBM Watson Ties for first on Jeopardy by bitwize on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @04:51PM (#2223512)
That's awesome. He can make that strategy pay off because he's Ken freaking Jennings. Usually the money penalty for buzzing in but answering incorrectly (or not at all) would dissuade a contestant from buzzing in before actually knowing the answer.
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