Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I'm not supposed to get mad at Jeopardy, am I?
Yet watching these Watson games has only reminded me of those very frustrating games where, when playing against the computer, the darn game kept ringing in almost as soon as I'd read the question and hadn't had time to think. Those little flashbacks were not something I wanted to have. That, and as interesting as it was to see how it decided among three answers, I didn't want to know the answer. I wanted to be able to come up with it myself, and that probably didn't help my mood. I also realized that while they talked about the disadvantages of the computer, it did have one advantage that the other contestants didn't: a lack of knowledge gaps. Let's face it, there are just going to be gaps in a person's knowledge, no matter how smart they are. Heck, even the smartest people in the world are still learning. Another thing that kind of annoyed me was when one of the options would be the complete title of some work mentioned in the clue. Frankly, not everyone is going to know the complete title to certain things. For some reason that annoyed me a lot and just made me think that that darn computer was really smug. A lot like some of the computer contestants from the game, and you already know how I feel about them. I think I'll be happier when they go back to using real people. Computers are great and can be useful for spreading information and connecting people and helping them and all that, but I think I've come to the conclusion that there is no place for them on a trivia show, and if there is, I don't think I'll be watching it. The flashbacks are far too painful...and annoying.
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