Saturday, December 17, 2005

It's Smart Enough for You, Old Man


Dan, Maggie, Lauren, Mike, and (from what I understand) Carrie all think that these devices are smarter than you. Don't think so? Try the online version.

Sunday Update:
After playing with this for a day, I am still amazed at the artificial intelligence that this thing possesses. Now I have beaten the machine a bunch of times, but the strange thing is when it guesses something really specific by asking really basic questions. After the first few times the device blew my mind, I decided not to say what I was thinking out loud as I thought the thing had a mic.

The online version tells you what it thinks are flaws in your logic based on your responses. It also gives a little insight into how it works.

This is my gift of choice to toy drives this year.
Seriously, try this.

5 Comments:

At 10:01 AM, December 20, 2005, Anonymous Elise said...

I just stumped the online version (by choosing goat). After 24 questions it said that I won and told me what it felt I answered different than it believed to be true about a goat. Thanks -- that was fun!

 
At 11:57 AM, December 20, 2005, Blogger Dan said...

There are many things I believe to be true about goats- like they are delicious.

Did it ever get the right answer? That's where it gets interesting.

Also, there is a neat version where you can pose as a sport or music star and it tries to guess who you are.

 
At 1:31 PM, December 20, 2005, Anonymous Elise said...

It didn't get the right answer and finally gave me a list and asked which one it was (the answer was not on the list). After I wrote in goat is where it got all snotty with me (we had differing opinions on goats as pets, for example)

 
At 2:11 PM, December 20, 2005, Anonymous Elise said...

OK -- I've now stumped it every time & I feel like the answers that I'm giving are good. It didn't guess igloo or microphone.

 
At 10:25 AM, December 21, 2005, Blogger Dan said...

You have shown that you are smarter than 20q. Congrats.

I've stumped it a bunch, but not everytime.

 

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