An experiment with AI...

[jimkopelli]

Everyone has played Twenty Questions at some point, right? Here's an online version. (http://www.20q.net/index.html)

You think of something, and the machine tries to guess what it is. It learns with every game...

[purple13]

Uncommon Knowledge about a cigarette

Is it annoying? I say Yes.
Does it bear live young? I say Probably.
Do you know any songs about it? I say Yes.
Does it usually hunt for food at night? I say Probably. :blink:
Can it be used for recreation? I say Yes.
Would you find it in an office? I say Yes.
Does it have a sense of smell? I say Probably.
Is it cool? I say Probably.
Is it an absolute state? I say Yes.
Does it grow in the Southern U.S.? I say Yes.
Do you look at it? I say No.
Can it be used to start fires? I say Yes.
Is it usually warm? I say Yes.
Does it come from the ground? I say Yes.
Is it farmed? I say Yes.
Is it commonly harvested? I say Yes.

[Groty]

I beat it with Chitlin!

It won everything else. Atleast I got to teach it something.

Very wild, kinda eerie too.

[purple13]

yeah, eerie. I think I confused it.

[jimkopelli]

I haven't lost yet... but then, I tried really weird stuff.
Tube worms (those ones that live by deep sea vents and look like lipstick)
Kryptonite
and a cactus

[MacGuffin]

Uncommon Knowledge about a cigarette

Is it annoying? I say Yes.
Does it bear live young? I say Probably.
Do you know any songs about it? I say Yes.
Does it usually hunt for food at night? I say Probably. :blink:
Can it be used for recreation? I say Yes.
Would you find it in an office? I say Yes.
Does it have a sense of smell? I say Probably.
Is it cool? I say Probably.
Is it an absolute state? I say Yes.
Does it grow in the Southern U.S.? I say Yes.
Do you look at it? I say No.
Can it be used to start fires? I say Yes.
Is it usually warm? I say Yes.
Does it come from the ground? I say Yes.
Is it farmed? I say Yes.
Is it commonly harvested? I say Yes.

How does a cigarette hunt for food or bear live young? No wonder you confused it!

[purple13]

no no, it never asked me those questions. It spit out this "uncommon knowledge" afterwards.

[MacGuffin]

no no, it never asked me those questions. It spit out this "uncommon knowledge" afterwards.

Ah yes, now I remember that at the end.

Evidently, we have a lot of stupid people smoking cigs!

[purple13]

yeah. I don't think I want this program making any decisions for me any time soon. It's too gullable. Lord knows... it would have me drinking my coffee out of an envelope and smoking my mattress.

[file cabinet]

I was thinking of a poppy seed..
Similar Objects:
a moth ball, dust, dog food, ear wax, a transistor, a snail, sunflower seeds, a bread crumb, a poop (faeces), an ant, a suppository, a cockroach.

[purple13]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

a poopy seed?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[purple13]

I'm going to have a earwax muffin for breakfast tomorrow.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


ohhhhhh.... it's Friday!

[Almaviva]

Okay, it's not perfect, but it guessed some answers that seemed uncanny! What's weird is that it's completely unlike a human playing twenty questions... The questions it asks seem almost irrelevant and then bam! it hits me with the guess. This makes it seem very strange if it's right.

[jimkopelli]

If you sign up, you get to see the things that are floating on top of the list os probabilities... see what it's "thinking"...

[purple13]

I was just having some fun with it, ya know, like funny things kids say (because they're still learning). It think it is very cool how smart it can be. It guessed my ceiling fan no problem. I was amazed.

[int]

I was thinking of roadkill.

You win, but 20Q did guess it eventually

Play Again
You were thinking of something. (Wow. That's remakable.)

Would you give it as a gift? You said Depends, I say Yes.
Does it live in water? You said No, I say Yes.
Do you clean it regularly? You said Depends, I say Yes.
Does it eat fish? You said Depends, I say Yes.

Contradictions Detected
It does not matter if our answers disagree, as over time the game will change its answers to reflect common knowledge. If you feel that the game is in error, the only way to fix it is to play again.

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Similar Objects
a seeing eye dog, a pikachu (Pokemon character), a pit bull (dog), an alaskan malamute, a pet rat, a kitty cat, a bearded collie (dog), a bunny, a tabby cat, everything, a belgian shepherd (dog), a dog.

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Uncommon Knowledge about something
Is it an insect? I say Yes.
Does it have wings? I say Yes.
Does it lay eggs? I say Yes.
Does it live in salt-water? I say Yes.
Is it manufactured? I say Yes.
Is it originally from Australia? I say Yes.
Do you fill it with liquid? I say Yes.
Can you eat it? I say Yes.
Is it a specific color? I say Yes.
Does it have keys? I say Yes.
Is it a synthetic material? I say Yes.
Is it located in the sky? I say Yes.
Does it live in fresh water? I say Yes.
Can it be painted? I say Yes.
Does it stand on two legs? I say Yes.
Could you send it in the mail? I say Yes

[Birdsnest]

I won, was thinking of a pink glass pig
(I wasn't sure if glass was a synthetic material, but I guessed yes).

20Q.net

I am guessing that it is a retainer(for crooked teeth)?
Yes , No , Close
29. I guess that it is a bird feeder? No.
28. Is it a synthetic material? Yes.
27. Is it green or black? No.
26. Is it made of stone? No.
25. I guess that it is a flower pot? No.
24. Can you use it with your friends? No.
23. Is it shiny? No.
22. Does it break if dropped? Yes.
21. Can it be stolen? Yes.
20. I guess that it is bird seed? No.
19. Would you find it on a farm? Yes.
18. Is it found on a desk? Maybe.
17. Is it hard? Yes.
16. Is it pleasurable? No.
15. Is it soft? No.
14. Does it bring joy to people? Maybe.
13. Does it get wet? Irrelevant.
12. Can it be used more than once? Irrelevant.
11. Can it be easily moved? Yes.
10. Do most people use this daily? No.
9. Was it invented? No.
8. Can you smell it? No.
7. Does it have writing on it? No.
6. Is it an article of clothing? No.
5. Does it shine? No.
4. Is it small? Yes.
3. Do you hold it when you use it? No.
2. Is it usually colorful? Yes.
1. It is classified as Other.

At the end it did offer these, and I have to say it came close with figurine and piggy bank.

20Q.net
You won!
Is it one of these ...
a bird house
a fly-swatter
a figurine
hail
an egg cup
a yam
an egg timer
a garden gnome
a skull
a solar cell
a brick
a splinter (wooden)
a smoke detector
a piece of chalk
a piggy bank (for saving money)
a name tag

[Arcael]

i won it with jar :-/ and headphones

[cjs55]

I tried a God.

and apparently, a God is closest to:

a palm tree, clouds, a cloud, cellulite (fatty deposit), a flood, a tsunami, the ozone layer, a water fall, a ninja, an iceberg, fog, a ginkgo tree.

Forgive me for finding this interesting, but im sorta drunk 0_o

[Dunearhp]

no no, it never asked me those questions. It spit out this "uncommon knowledge" afterwards.

This is probably the list of other peoples answers for the object you chose that the machine considers statistical anomolies.

[Jezebel]

I won everytime and I wasn't even trying anything hard or giving weird answers. A hamster, night light, scratching post, and curtains.

[purple13]

I tried curtains, and it won. Hmm.. must be we answered differently to the questions.

[Jezebel]

I tried curtains, and it won. Hmm.. must be we answered differently to the questions.

It doesn't always ask the same questions. It is also supposed to "learn" as more people ask about the same things, so it could also be that it is now smarter about how to guess curtains.

[purple13]

that's true.