Ever play a toy so smart you would swear it was posessed? That describes the handheld toy 20Q pretty well. (Don't own one? Not a problem….you can play a simulated version of it for free online…link to follow…)
<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3958/20qzz9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/> This is the model I have. Comes in different colors, but this thing is fantastic at figuring out what you are thinking of. I am sure everybody has played, if not at leat heard of the game 20 Questions. One person thinks of something and the other person asks a serries of questions trying to narrow things down to guess what you are thinking of. Well, this little toy is WAY smarter than you can imagine! Now you won't get an answer like "You were thinking of a Casio CTK-551 Keyboard….or something so picky. But the answers this thing will throw at you will shock you most of the time. I would say it has like 90% to 95% accuracy when it comes to the things I throw at it. The online version you can play for free here….but make sure you don't play the default game that the page goes to…. read on….http://www.20q.netFrom there click on "Other Games" in the upper right.On the next page select the round looking toy in the upper left. This is basically the same as the real toy, only with a couple extra buttons. Be as "honest" with your answers as possible or pick the best answer you think will fit…..and prepare to be amazed! I had someone's jaw drop when it correctly guessed "Are you thinking of a pet rat?". My brother was in shock when if correctly guessed "Are you thinking of a slinky?". Yep…I have tried this thing over and over, and it's accuracy is really unbelievable. Even if it were wrong, many times it is so close you would still give it credit. I have had it guess correcetly things like "Is it a bottle of window cleaner?, Ist it a pyramid?, is it a Rubik's Cube?…etc…" I find it incredible that it has so many answers in memory…let alone, knowing which questions to ask to get that answer. Sometimes it may take it going to 25 to 30 questions to get the answer, but that is still VERY impressive for such a small little machine.
I made a mind reader a long freaking time ago
http://64digits.com/users/The%20Irony%20Tree/mind_reader.zip
lol 100% accurate!
I tricked it. I thought of a pile of crap. I beat it.
Well it works, no doubt. It didn't get Misa Campo, but it got John Lennon in 11 questions.
It couldn't think of a grue, though I suppose a yeti is close enough
Actually I think it could get that. (Maybe not a pile of crap), but I have had it get quite a few of the "naughty" answers right. It will use more "acceptable" answers for the way they are worded, but I have had it get things right like "womb", "breast", etc… In fact I know it got crap (worded differntly) on the real one. Are you sure you answered the questions accurately?
As for John Lennon I am sure you are joking…but like I said, it will usually be close. I tried to do John Lennon and before 20 questions I got this answer….<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8946/answersmallgw9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>Are you thinking of a rock band?I got him in 20q
Q20. I am guessing that it is John Lennon?Right, Wrong, Close19. Are you Irish? No.18. Have you ever been in trouble with the law? Yes.17. Are you a feminist? No.16. Do you have blond hair? No.15. Are you a composer? Yes.14. Are you a humanitarian? Yes.13. Are you involved with music? Yes.12. Were you nominated for an Academy Award? Yes.11. Have you performed live since 2000? No.10. Are you known for your live performances? Yes.9. Do you play an instrument? Yes.8. Are you Jewish? No.7. Do you have long hair? Yes.6. Are you in more than one sport? No.5. Are you comedic? Yes.4. Do you wear glasses? Yes.3. Are you often in tabloids? Yes.2. Do you have children? Yes.1. Are you male? Yes.Irony Tree… LMAO!!! How does it know? ;) I thought you had a link to that one where everything was 9 or a multiple of it. Well, if you can make a program that can guess objects (An ashtray, a washing machine, a stereo…etc.) I would be impressed.
<a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3369/answer3mf2.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>I tricked it. I thought of a pile of crap. I beat it.(For your later message…I tried the same thing….) The picture above shows it can get the answer…Are you thinking of poop?