Hatrack River Forum: 20 Questions: or, why the web is now smarter than 90% of the population.

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Posted by Ayelar (Member # 183) on :

This is really cool.

I'm pretty impressed. [Eek!]

[ September 22, 2003, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: Ayelar ]

Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :

What you were thinking of is not in my knowledgebase.

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Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

I won. [Smile]

Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :

Yeah, but can you guess what I was thinking about?

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

I won with chewing gum.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

I won all three times I played it. The things I was thinking of were: a breadbox, krill, and a planet. I wasn't surprised that the first two threw it for a loop, but I thought that it would get that last one.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I won with a coupon book. [Smile]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

I won with picture frame.

AJ

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Apparently the reason it took so long for it to guess "a galaxy" is that most people have said you can't use a galaxy in the dark.

Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :

You were thinking of a fingernail.
Would you find it in an office? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Do you hold it when you use it? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it go inside other things? You said Yes, I say No.
Is it shiny? You said No, I say Yes.
Is it made in many different styles? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it go in your mouth? You said Probably, I say No.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

I won with catalpa tree

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

I won with a guitar. It guessed a few other instruments (upright bass, for instance), but never guitar.

Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :

It eventually got both of mine, but not within 20 questions.

Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :

I won with 3-hole punch and star fruit, though it eventually guessed star fruit.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

It guessed scissors on guess 20 (but thinks they are flat.)

It missed on my Chow-Chow at home, but got it eventurally.

Posted by Jexxster (Member # 5293) on :

[Eek!]

It got potassium in 28 guesses. I thought I was safe with that one. It guessed magnesium first, then cotton (?), then sodium, then potassium.

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

>_O ..... Dangit... I know there was another thread about this, but I can't find it...

Edit: Aha, found it... And it looks like I killed it, too...

[ September 22, 2003, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

I completely stumped it with "lawyer" - it doesn't seem to have either that term or "attorney" in its database.

It has surgeons and Sumo wrestlers, though.