Not a quibble at all. Even a small child could easily understand the spoken question. If the computer cannot, it is obviously limited in its abilities even when compared to a child.
on jeopardy, can the contestants read the question like we can at home, or do they have to listen to trebek?
Listening is different than reading and might activate different parts of the human brain?
If the humans have to listen to Trebek, so should the computer. there are speak to text programs.
>>Not a quibble at all. Even a small child could easily understand the spoken question. If the computer cannot, it is obviously limited in its abilities even when compared to a child.<<
You are conflating the ability to “hear” versus the ability to “read.”
All Jeopardy contestants get to read (via sight) the answers before they ring in. It is thus a quibble whether Watson reads the clue by text input as opposed to hearing Trebek speak it — Watson is on an even footing with the human contestants.
“Not a quibble at all. Even a small child could easily understand the spoken question. If the computer cannot, it is obviously limited in its abilities even when compared to a child.”
Yes, but the humans are also able to read the clues. And I assume it is paramount for contestants to read ahead of Alex’s speech in order to gain timely advantage. I also assume there’s some advantage to having both options, but there are probably also other drawbacks to hearing Trebek. I know he often throws me off.