Wanna get your mind blown?

[Airborneguy]

Okay now I'm done! It got Serpico in 26 questions, with not a single question other than "Was your character famous in the 70's" that specifically could have been tied to him. Didn't ask anything about being a cop or even closely related to him at all. This thing is crazy.

 

[jonmohno]

Bible stumped it.

 

[KayaBrew]

Edward Abbey in 35.

 

[jholder]

Isoroku Yamamoto in 15 questions...

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Bible stumped it.

Really? It didn't guess an inanimate object?

 

[snccoulter]

It figured out Herman Munster in less then 20 To Cool

 

[Revvy]

Oh my god. It got Electra Woman"

Question Answer given Answer expected
Is your character a female? Yes Yes
Is your character from a TV series? Yes Yes
Is your character on Disney Channel? No No
Has your character really existed? No No
Does your character belong to an animated cartoon? No No
Is your character blond? Yes Yes
Does your character have a cellphone? Probably not No
Does your character go to school? No No
Does your character mostly play in comedies? No No
Does your character live in America? Don't know Yes
Is your character a human being? Yes Yes
Has your character played in a TV show that takes place on a beach? No No
Does your character appear in the 'Mario' games? No ?
Has your character been into space? Probably No
Is your character a puppet? No ?
Does your character fight? Yes Yes
Is your character pink? Don't know No
Has your character appeared in Doctor Who? No No
Would you consider your character a villain? No ?
Is your character from a video game? No No
Is your character from a comic book? Probably No
Has your character played in a James Bond movie? No ?
Does your character wear a mask? Yes No
Is your character a male? No No
Is your character drawn? No ?
Is your character French? No ?
Does your character wear a helmet? No No
Does your character own weapons? Don't know Yes
Is your character famous thanks to television? Yes Yes
Was your character on a children's TV show? Yes

 

[thepartsmancometh]

It got Edward Gorey in 40 tries. It guessed Hitchcock and Capote first though

 

[JonM]

Gave the same answers for every Q except the "has your character ever retired?" and it knew the difference between Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers.

 

[thepartsmancometh]

I think I'm addicted to trying to stump it

H.P. Lovecraft in 30
W.C. fields first try
R. Danell Olivaw first try. (Seriously, wtf!?)

 

[bernerbrau]

So, this is essentially a simple expert system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system

The reason it produces seemingly astonishing results is due to its innate ability to quickly narrow down people based on the answers given, even when the individual questions themselves seem highly generic.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

So, this is essentially a simple expert system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system

The reason it produces seemingly astonishing results is due to its innate ability to quickly narrow down people based on the answers given, even when the individual questions themselves seem highly generic.

Oh sure. It's just pretty impressive to see at work.

 

[jhorgan1]

I'm still pretty amazed it found Agent Pendergast from the Pendgergast novels. Although it took it about 30 questions to get "The Giver"

 

[neko]

It got Commander Adama (BSG) and Commander Shepard (Mass Effect), but not Joe Thornton (guessed Patrick Marleau) or Mark Mothersbaugh (guessed the guy from They Might Be Giants). I gave him a few more hints and he guessed them both the next time.

 

[bernerbrau]

Oh sure. It's just pretty impressive to see at work.

True. Despite knowing how it works, I'm still pretty amazed that it got Bob Sacamano from Seinfeld in 20 questions.

 

[neko]

It guessed Santa Claus when I was thinking of Sam Calagione, but he got it right after the 30th question.

 

[Airborneguy]

It took a ton of questions, but did finally get Adolphus Busch. It also went over 20 with Jim Koch. Definitely beatable, but very impressive.

 

[WhineinAlbany]

I stumped it with Paul Atreides from Dune. Muha'dib, muha'dib!

 

[Airborneguy]

Took 40 to get Annie.

 

[jonmohno]

Defeated with Gargoyle.:rockin:

 

[bruin_ale]

Defeated with Vinnie Cilurzo. Funny enough, he guessed Sam Calagione and I thought he was onto me for sure.

 

[jonmohno]

Really? It didn't guess an inanimate object?

funny, because it guessed jack danials,and tea.And a few other random bizarre guesses before giving up.

 

[bruin_ale]

HHmm.. he also didn't know Ken Grossman

 

[SirBC]

Critter couldn't figure out Simon Snowlock from Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy.

Ha, it actually got Binabek!

 

[bengerman]

close call. stumped it with ricky from dr who.
damn close, though. it guessed micky (am i cheating?)

it got my reynholm from the IT crowd in 26 guesses.
and governor gregoire in 20

 

[Schemy]

Got Kate Upton in 20.

Ryan Bingham took 75 guesses. I count that as a stump.

 

[cheezydemon3]

took it 26 questions to get STIMPY

 

[cheezydemon3]

It got R2D2, but had it and then wandered off only to come back to it 4 questions later.

It followed "Is your character from star wars?" (It's Got me, right????)

with:

"Does your character spend a lot of time in bed?" Who TF is that in star wars?

 

[cheezydemon3]

43 questions to get Kowalski from Ren and Stimpy.

More than 20 and you should win....

 

[HoppyDaze]

couldn't get the Big Lebowski after 50 questions