Also, I tried God earlier today and it asked the question "Is your character real." I, of course, answered "no" and it still guessed God. I just thought it was funny.
Also, I tried God earlier today and it asked the question "Is your character real." I, of course, answered "no" and it still guessed God. I just thought it was funny.
I like how the expected answer to "Is your character real?" is Don't Know. Cause really, no one does.
Also, I tried God earlier today and it asked the question "Is your character real." I, of course, answered "no" and it still guessed God. I just thought it was funny.
It seems that the answer Akinator expects is "Don't know". Incidentally, I did the same, but because I said God had legs, it extended out to two guesses. In fact, I even answered "Is your character bad?" with "Probably".
Yeah, I tried Kellhus too when I was first trying this thing, and he got it on the first try. I had a little "WHAT THE SHIT?" moment at that. I should try Achamian, though!
He didn't know "Rym", and while "Daryl Surat" was in his database, he didn't guess him after three guesses.
Ha, I was the one who input Daryl Surat into the database. XD At first he thought I had Kevin Rose. Then m00t from 4chan. Highly amusing.
I've managed to get him a few times. He knows a lot of obscure canons, but he doesn't know a lot of supporting characters from said obscure canons. For example, he got Clare from Claymore, but he did not get Riful. He knew Noriko from Gunbuster, but not Jung. He knew Nick Twisp from Youth in Revolt, but not Sheeni Saunders. I suppose now that I've input those characters into his database, he'll have a better chance of getting those specific ones next time. Fascinating stuff, though.
Also, has anyone else seen Steve Novella's post on NeuroLogica about this thing? Kind of an interesting way to look at it, particularly the part where he points out that if every question divides the characters in half, 20 questions can parse over 1 million characters.
Yeah, I tried Kellhus too when I was first trying this thing, and he got it on the first try. I had a little "WHAT THE SHIT?" moment at that. I should try Achamian, though!
He didn't know "Rym", and while "Daryl Surat" was in his database, he didn't guess him after three guesses.
Ha, I was the one who input Daryl Surat into the database. XD At first he thought I had Kevin Rose. Then m00t from 4chan. Highly amusing.
I've managed to get him a few times. He knows a lot of obscure canons, but he doesn't know a lot of supporting characters from said obscure canons. For example, he got Clare from Claymore, but he did not get Riful. He knew Noriko from Gunbuster, but not Jung. He knew Nick Twisp from Youth in Revolt, but not Sheeni Saunders. I suppose now that I've input those characters into his database, he'll have a better chance of getting those specific ones next time. Fascinating stuff, though.
Also, has anyone else seen Steve Novella'spost on NeuroLogicaabout this thing? Kind of an interesting way to look at it, particularly the part where he points out that if every question divides the characters in half, 20 questions can parse over 1 million characters.
I posted on this topic earlier in this thread; I disagree slightly with this assessment because each question has 5 answers, not 2. I figure that factoring in a little ambiguity, that's still enough to give it something more like 3 per question; 3^20 is around 3.5 billion, and 3^40 is around 10^19.
I disagree slightly with this assessment because each question has 5 answers, not 2.
Me too, though I certainly don't have the math to back it up. It just seems like a method of dealing with the fact that you aren't playing the game with a buddy that you can go back and forth with to clarify the question.
I disagree slightly with this assessment because each question has 5 answers, not 2.
Me too, though I certainly don't have the math to back it up. It just seems like a method of dealing with the fact that you aren't playing the game with a buddy that you can go back and forth with to clarify the question.
Clarification gives additional information, however. However, my use of 3 as the branching factor seems off now. That would suggest that it's possible to always choose a question that splits the answer into three, which although theoretically possible, seems impractical. As such, perhaps 2 is a better estimate after all. This brings Akinator down to approximately 1 million with 20 questions, 1 billion with 30, and 1 trillion with 40. Since the number of people who have ever lived is around 100 billion, that's enough for everyone who ever lived, plus 9 imaginary characters per person.
I stumped him with the guy wearing aviator goggles holding a wrench from A-ha's Take on Me music video.
hehe >_>
It does Morten Harket, at least. EDIT: I tried to get that guy with the goggles and wrench as well; its last guess was "Your alter-ego". Who knows? Maybe it's true!
Got Molly Millions in 19, stumped on The Wunch and Amber Macx from Accelerando. They weren't even in the list at the end, though the Wunch try did suggest a bunch of Lovecraftian entities.
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Also, I tried God earlier today and it asked the question "Is your character real." I, of course, answered "no" and it still guessed God. I just thought it was funny.
I've managed to get him a few times. He knows a lot of obscure canons, but he doesn't know a lot of supporting characters from said obscure canons. For example, he got Clare from Claymore, but he did not get Riful. He knew Noriko from Gunbuster, but not Jung. He knew Nick Twisp from Youth in Revolt, but not Sheeni Saunders. I suppose now that I've input those characters into his database, he'll have a better chance of getting those specific ones next time. Fascinating stuff, though.
Also, has anyone else seen Steve Novella's post on NeuroLogica about this thing? Kind of an interesting way to look at it, particularly the part where he points out that if every question divides the characters in half, 20 questions can parse over 1 million characters.
hehe >_>
However, my use of 3 as the branching factor seems off now. That would suggest that it's possible to always choose a question that splits the answer into three, which although theoretically possible, seems impractical. As such, perhaps 2 is a better estimate after all. This brings Akinator down to approximately 1 million with 20 questions, 1 billion with 30, and 1 trillion with 40. Since the number of people who have ever lived is around 100 billion, that's enough for everyone who ever lived, plus 9 imaginary characters per person.It does Morten Harket, at least.
EDIT: I tried to get that guy with the goggles and wrench as well; its last guess was "Your alter-ego". Who knows? Maybe it's true!
Edit: Also stumped him with The Ultra-Humanite