A brave, new step in AI?

[maffro]

I spend a long time trying to think of something it doesn't know, and once I finally do I do the little form that makes it smarter, and I feel even worse.

Damn this thing is good.

 

[ToAsTy McBuTTeR]

haha it took me 5 tries but i got someone it didnt know... but it knew his BROTHER!

 

[muckinscavitch]

I did "The Doctor", and he couldn't get it even after 50 questions. I think the problem is when he asks if he is an animal, I say yes, because by definition he would be.

 

[Phlakes]

I just tried Trilby from Yahtzee's games, and it got it in maybe 10 questions... Dayum...

And then it got Heironymus Lex.

Next thing you know it'll change it's name to Skynet.

 

[spike0918]

Well, either by my own error or his (probably mine) he couldn't guess George Clooney. I even opened up a wikipedia article about him for fact-checking. I'm sure that I just screwed up in the beginning, since I didn't open the article up till question 8 or so.

He has real issues with marriage for some reason. I said he was married once, so he then asked if he was engaged. And once before that it asked "Does he have a sister?" I answered yes, then the next question was "Does he have a brother or sister." Kinda odd.

EDIT: Jeez, you kiddin' me? He got Tom Nook right! I so thought he wouldn't be able to.

 

[Silva]

That's not AI. That's a fairly simple algorithm of questions.

I wouldn't say it's simple.
I tried some characters form Song of Ice nad Fire and it got all. Nice database

It's more simple to code than you think.

Essentially, it works on a database of simple answers, which grows more accurate over time with more people using it (i.e. it refreshes itself based on whether they say a guess was correct or not).

Obviously, like Wikipedia, it relies on public knowledge and correctness, which is great for the characters and guesses that receive high traffic, like popular movie characters and actors, or politicians like Barack Obama. It falls short when you look at less well-known ones, because less people have been there to correct or add information.

Any web designer with a tiny bit of creativity could write the same code. And it definitely does not count as AI.

 

[drbarno]

I beat it three times. I think after a while I got bored and started throwing some of the random kirby mooks at it, got the first two and failed after that.

 

[Neuromaster]

Not an AI, but fun.

Got Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Thrall, and Yahtzee. Nice. Took 30 tries for Triana Orpheus, so I count that a kind-of-win.

 

[DSK-]

I managed to beat it by using Kondo Isao (Gorilla from Gintama) all previous characters were correctly guessed. Amazing.

 

[Code Monkey]

I love the look that appears on his face when he knows he's gotten it.

Vash the Stampede?
Gman?
Rorschach?
The Spoony One?
Captain Hook?

O.k, I give up. This guy's starting to scare me now.

 

[Furious Styles]

I beat it with david geffen
Isabella Linton from wuthering heights
alex chilton from big star
and mike scott from the waterboys

I rule!

(yet spent the last hour trying to trick a computer programme)

 

[Not-here-anymore]

It got Leeroy Jenkins. And Pokabu (one question was 'is it from the 5th generation of pokémon?')

It has a damned good database, and a good search/question algorithm too. I remain impressed every time I see it.

 

[Deacon Cole]

Oh. So it's a new version of 20Q [http://www.20q.net/]

 

[Mr.Squishy]

beat him with patrick stewart, codex (from the guild) and nynaeve (wheel of time)

 

[DanDeFool]

He got Ze Frank after 32 questions.

 

[Bobic]

good lord it even got this guy in 30 questions

 

[lukemdizzle]

fooled him with birdo because according to nintendo birdo is actually a guy so I think he was ruled out when I answer yes for that question