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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:56 am    Post subject: How do you think this works? Reply with quote

http://en.akinator.com/

The 20 questions genie.

-he definitely logs your IP address.
-his strategy is really bad, eg "Is your character French?", straight after you just told him he's Korean.
-he got Mart Poom after 15 questions. I you know who Mart Poom is , without googling I will give you a baek won.
-my students go absolutely nuts trying to trick him.
-he said "your shadow", when the students said me.
-he even gets himself.

So, what is your theory on how he does it? If the engine used better strategy it would probably get most people in 10 questions. Surprised
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Sleepy in Seoul



Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Crap. It got Hitler, Jack the Ripper and Trotsky but failed abjectly on Mark Graham, Charles Upham, Ernest Rutherford, Douglas Bader, the Kray twins, Richard Pearse and Buck Shelford.

That's too many minutes of my life I will never get back.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea, it sucks at NZ people. It didn't get Ed Hillary or John Kirwan. It's good at Korean celebs, though.
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AmericanExile



Joined: 04 May 2009

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is a very simple program. In my high school computer science class we had to write a similar program called "is it a monkey?" It is a simple binary tree. 2 to the 20th power is over a million distinctions it can make.
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the ireland



Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:26 pm    Post subject: Re: How do you think this works? Reply with quote

Rusty Shackleford wrote:

I you know who Mart Poom is , without googling I will give you a baek won.



I think most british or irish people who like football know who he is, doubt there are too many estonians on this board but i'd say he is fairly well known there
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nathanrutledge



Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.amazon.com/Radica-20Q-Artificial-Intelligence-Game/dp/B0001NE2AK

Brother had one of these things. Addictive and almost impossible to beat. If I recall correctly, it would learn also, so that if you DID beat it once, the next time around it would be able to guess correctly.
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sharkey



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

haha i just got Gina Wild, I was going for Arnold !
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AmericanExile wrote:
It is a very simple program. In my high school computer science class we had to write a similar program called "is it a monkey?" It is a simple binary tree. 2 to the 20th power is over a million distinctions it can make.


It can be quite elegant in its deductions, sometimes. It got Kim Jong Il in 12 questions today.

Other times it can be totally spastic. Asking if your character is French right after he just ascertained it was Korean. It also sucks at people who aren't Asian, European or American(both of them.)
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That site's great, but he sucks at historical figures.
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AmericanExile



Joined: 04 May 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusty Shackleford wrote:
AmericanExile wrote:
It is a very simple program. In my high school computer science class we had to write a similar program called "is it a monkey?" It is a simple binary tree. 2 to the 20th power is over a million distinctions it can make.


It can be quite elegant in its deductions, sometimes. It got Kim Jong Il in 12 questions today.

Other times it can be totally spastic. Asking if your character is French right after he just ascertained it was Korean. It also sucks at people who aren't Asian, European or American(both of them.)


In our program, it learned every time you beat it. You would input the new thing and a new distinct question for that thing or in this case person. The questions are asked down that path in the same order entered. The program isn't smart. It doesn't think. It is a simple input/output program. It demonstrates the effectiveness of sorting applications.
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Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AmericanExile wrote:
Rusty Shackleford wrote:
AmericanExile wrote:
It is a very simple program. In my high school computer science class we had to write a similar program called "is it a monkey?" It is a simple binary tree. 2 to the 20th power is over a million distinctions it can make.


It can be quite elegant in its deductions, sometimes. It got Kim Jong Il in 12 questions today.

Other times it can be totally spastic. Asking if your character is French right after he just ascertained it was Korean. It also sucks at people who aren't Asian, European or American(both of them.)


In our program, it learned every time you beat it. You would input the new thing and a new distinct question for that thing or in this case person. The questions are asked down that path in the same order entered. The program isn't smart. It doesn't think. It is a simple input/output program. It demonstrates the effectiveness of sorting applications.


This one learns, too. If it is miles off, you can input who you were thinking of.
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RufusW



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got Keyser S�ze in 20!
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the ireland



Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I defeated him, but it was quite easy, i just picked henry sheflin (Kilkenny hurling player) if he had of gotten him i would be more than a little surprised
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It got Geddy Lee in 16 guesses but missed Golliwog.
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yawarakaijin



Joined: 08 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everytime I played I was always asked if I were either Brazilian, American, European or Asian. American, European, Asian I understand but what is up with Brazil?

It sucks hard on hockey players. It knows the big names but that is about it. I picked Guy Lafluer ( not a small time player by any means ) and it didn't even come close. I chose him as my guy 10 times in a row, each time filling out the questionaire at the end, it still couldn't come up with him. LOL
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