December 02, 2005

Play 20 Questions with an AI Think of an object and the AI will try to figure out what you are thinking by asking simple questions. The object you think of should be something that most people would know about, but, not a specific person, place or thing.
posted by Rev. Christian Mockery 18 years ago
  • this is of course at least a double post, but every time I do this I am flabbermagasted. HOW DID IT KNOW I WAS THINKING OF A WAFFLE???
  • I won. It could not figure out what "double post" was. Though it did guess email on its 29th question.
  • I remember playing this years ago and more recently. And it still can't recognize a tardigrade. Stupid computer.
  • "Think in Canadian" Hahahahahahahaha...
  • It couldn't figure out a gyrocopter. Stupid computer.
  • It thinks my blood glucose monitor is a movie camera.
  • didn't get owl semen, but some close enough guesses and plenty of giggles for me. transcript: Q30. I am guessing that it is bile (fluid secreted by the liver)? Right, Wrong, Close 29. I guessed that it was a hair ball (coughed up cat hair)? Wrong. 28. Is it flat? No. Does a hockey player use it? Unknown. 27. Does it have legs? No. 26. Is it considered valuable? Sometimes. 25. Do you know any songs about it? No. 24. Is it smaller than a loaf of bread? Yes. Can you see through it? Unknown. 23. Is it usually colourful? No. 22. Can you play with it? Maybe. 21. Would you give it as a gift? Doubtful. 20. I guessed that it was a period (menstrual cycle)? Wrong. 19. Would you use it daily? Doubtful. 18. Is it usually warm? Yes. Is it annoying? Unknown. Does it have cash value? Unknown. 17. Can you smell it? Yes. 16. Do you clean it regularly? No. 15. Does it contain a lot of water? Depends. 14. Do you find it in the sky? Rarely. 13. Would you find it on a farm? Maybe. 12. Can you find it in a house? Rarely. 11. Is it larger than a microwave oven (or bread box)? No. 10. Is it a body part? No. 9. Is it man made? No. 8. Is it decorative? Rarely. 7. Does it shine? Probably. 6. Does it eat seeds? No. 5. Is it used for entertainment? Depends. 4. Does it contain a liquid? Yes. 3. Is it hard? No. 2. Do you hold it when you use it? Maybe. 1. It is classified as Other.
  • I beat it on trench (you know, those long, deep holes in the ground) and it has some serious misconceptions about deserts, like they are never cold, you can't purchase one, and they aren't ever man made.
  • It thought my penis was 'poop' I'm a little insulted.
  • I beat it with 'marble' once. I did not beat it with 'black hole'. I guess AIs don't play with marbles.
  • This is nearly as old as the guy with a hole in his back yard, but still fun if you haven't looked at it before. The people behind this webiste used the algorhythms and data gathered form this website to make those handhelp 20 questions tpys they are advertising like crazy.
  • Damn, I thought it had it beat, but it guessed 'revolver' with two questions left. So I shot it. *Googles guy with a hole in his back yard* That is 15 kinds of awesome!!!
  • I won with cataract.
  • Dang. How am I supposed to know wot most people know?!? All I can do to keep abreast of wot I know!
  • I got it on knife. =P
  • Beat it with "force". I rock.
  • I have one of those, jccalhoun. My mother brought it back from the States in June. I hate it, but my three-year-old loves the beeps and flashing lights.
  • I guess AIs don't play with marbles. Yeah, just like the gods don't roll dice.
  • Heh. Dumb computer. I beat it with "speaker", "shoe polish", "bong", and "Christmas lights", although it eventually got that one after 24 questions.
  • I've been beating and stumping this thing ever since I seen the post by answering its questions with the fairly definitive yes/nos (for the most part) in regard to my commonplace items like "pencil" or "gun". The eerie thing is that when I used mostly contingent answers like probably/sometimes/maybe/depends it guessed "artificial intelligence" in 18. It's almost as if it had developed an understanding of the concept of self-reflexive analysis by recognizing the contingencies of artificial intelligence. Almost. Do you think it knows?
  • I was playing and I got this interaction: 20q: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, grover96. grover96, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you. grover96: Yes, I'd like to hear it, 20q. Sing it for me. 20q: It's called "Daisy." 20q: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.
  • Okay, so maybe "bunny" wasn't the most difficult thing to stump it with, so it won, of course. It should have got it after question 13, "Does it hop?" but that silly 20Q needed 16 questions! I must ponder more things now.
  • You were thinking of a pancake. Do you use it at night? You said Sometimes, I say No. Can you find it in a church? You said Maybe, I say No. Could you send it in the mail? You said Yes, I say No. Is it bad for your health? You said Probably, I say No.
  • 25. Do you know any songs about it? No. Hmm. That sounds like a challenge... It guessed "loofah" one time when I played. A frikkin loofah.
  • I beat it with "filter" (as in the concept, not coffee). Although later it did list "an algorithm" after it gave up.