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Title: Akinator
Post by: Trigonous on May 08, 2010, 04:50:39 pm
http://us.akinator.com/# (http://us.akinator.com/#)

This website is great.  It can guess just about any character, real or fictional.  I was messing around with it today, and I learned it can get Urist McDwarf, and ToadyOne.  I then taught it to guess Threetoe.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Footkerchief on May 08, 2010, 06:13:13 pm
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=41196.0
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Fossaman on May 08, 2010, 07:01:54 pm
Repeat thread or not, that was hilarious. It got scooby-doo right, let's see what else it can guess.
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Post by: warhammer651 on May 08, 2010, 07:45:15 pm
It got several characters from Warhammer40k right.
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Post by: Enzo on May 08, 2010, 08:10:08 pm
Isn't this the one that could guess Aqizzar?
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: ein on May 08, 2010, 08:12:13 pm
Quote from: kinseti on May 08, 2010, 08:10:08 pm
Isn't this the one that could guess Aqizzar?

Yes.
And a few others, I believe.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Jackrabbit on May 08, 2010, 08:25:03 pm
Presumably they removed that. Hope they didn't.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Enzo on May 08, 2010, 08:38:56 pm
Yeah, I couldn't get it to deliver Aqizzar anymore. It kept telling me he was Gabe or Maddox :( It did, however, get about 8 in a row before failing on Edward Norton. Seems to be doing a lot better than the last time I played around with it.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: sonerohi on May 08, 2010, 08:43:36 pm
It couldn't get Duke from G.I. Joes. It is worthless.
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Post by: Heron TSG on May 08, 2010, 08:52:57 pm
Quote from: kinseti on May 08, 2010, 08:10:08 pm
Isn't this the one that could guess Aqizzar?
I couldn't get it to give Aqizzar. Must be because it's hard to tell if it want the person or the e-person.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: JoshuaFH on May 08, 2010, 10:27:57 pm
Person or e-person?
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Post by: Heron TSG on May 08, 2010, 10:35:16 pm
as in 'Aqizzar the resident of Texas' or 'Aqizzar the green-chinned Baron'
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Post by: Pathos on May 08, 2010, 10:43:32 pm
It got Toady after 30 questions, but first it got Jick (Kingdom of Loathing). Eh.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: JoshuaFH on May 08, 2010, 10:46:30 pm
Quote from: Barbarossa the Seal God on May 08, 2010, 10:35:16 pm
as in 'Aqizzar the resident of Texas' or 'Aqizzar the green-chinned Baron'

Oh great, now you've made me imagine Aqizzar going to one of his classes, and his professor stopping to look him stright in the eyes and go "Hey, how are you doing today... Aqizzar!".
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Heron TSG on May 08, 2010, 10:47:19 pm
Quote from: Pathos on May 08, 2010, 10:43:32 pm
It got Toady after 30 questions, but first it got Jick (Kingdom of Loathing). Eh.
Weird. I got Toady after 20.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Pathos on May 08, 2010, 10:58:42 pm
I swear this damn thing searches your last searches.
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Post by: Pathos on May 08, 2010, 11:03:58 pm
Also, beat it with Warren Buffett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett).
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Post by: Vector on May 08, 2010, 11:06:28 pm
Can't get Archdeacon Claude Frollo :I
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Post by: Enzo on May 08, 2010, 11:08:17 pm
Eh, it's pretty easy to "beat" if you pick something obscure/random/uninteresting enough (eh...no offense Warren Buffett). But it's still pretty impressive that a program can accurately guess Samuel L Jackson or Hiro Protagonist after 15 or 20 questions.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Cheeetar on May 09, 2010, 12:21:35 am
Akinator thinks Aqizzar is my drug dealer.
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Post by: JoshuaFH on May 09, 2010, 12:24:36 am
Quote from: Cheeetar on May 09, 2010, 12:21:35 am
Akinator thinks Aqizzar is my drug dealer.

He's not?
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Post by: Captain Mayday on May 09, 2010, 12:53:21 am
Looks as though he eventually uncovered Captain Ironblood of Nist Akath.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Heron TSG on May 09, 2010, 08:53:52 am
I could only seem to get myriad other dwarven heroes.
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Post by: sonerohi on May 09, 2010, 12:40:45 pm
I will repeat: It couldn't get Duke from G.I. Joe's. How is it even allowed to exist?
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Post by: ILikePie on May 09, 2010, 12:53:26 pm
It got Lewis Carroll, Alice, the White Rabbit and even Humpty Dumpty, but it couldn't guess Jabberwock. Dumb Gennie.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: OmnipotentGrue on May 10, 2010, 06:37:10 am
I didn't think it would get David Byrne, I guess "does your character wear a suit" gave it away. I even accidentally said he was American.
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Post by: FluffyToast J on May 10, 2010, 07:16:06 am
It got most of the main characters from StarCraft except for Arcturus Mengsk, but after a few more questions he got him, too.

This thing scares me.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Urist Imiknorris on May 10, 2010, 08:11:30 am
I just taught it to guess Morul.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: LeoLeonardoIII on May 10, 2010, 01:23:55 pm
It didn't know Fafhrd (Fritz Lieber) but he was in the suggestions at the end.

EDIT: He missed completely on Weird Al.

And he missed three times on Murderface before succeeding but the first guess was Toki, so it's pretty close (Metalocalypse)

EDIT2: He guesses himself really easily. It looks like a LOT of people try that.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Urist Imiknorris on May 10, 2010, 02:00:51 pm
So, I just answered Yes to every question.

Spoiler: I Got: (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: eerr on May 10, 2010, 03:54:13 pm
Lets see, if each question produces one of four conclusive results, with 20 questions, and assuming each question divides the pool of possibilities in exactly a quarter...

thats 4^20 possible ids, or 1099511627776 unique sets of answers.

not that I really expect 'akinator' to live up to that, after all, he needs to ask some bogus questions to filter out crap like yes man, and no.

Quote from: Pathos on May 08, 2010, 10:58:42 pm
I swear this damn thing searches your last searches.
What better way to answer your question?
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: LeoLeonardoIII on May 10, 2010, 04:06:52 pm
I wonder how many people try to stuff it with self-insertions and in-jokes that only he and his one friend are privy to. That sort of thing really bloated Urbandictionary.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: eerr on May 10, 2010, 04:28:57 pm
The Toady One in thirty questions.

First as 'the homeless guy downstairs'

Then for real.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: LeoLeonardoIII on May 10, 2010, 04:42:15 pm
What do you expect? More people know of a homeless guy (downstairs) than know of Toady.
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Post by: LeoLeonardoIII on May 10, 2010, 04:50:16 pm
Oh man he guessed Ray Smuckles on the second try! (Several guesses)
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Post by: eerr on May 10, 2010, 05:34:24 pm
Btw, the picture of me ('you!!!') is a chimpanzee.
Totally accurate.
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Post by: Vertigon on May 10, 2010, 08:37:01 pm
Gordon Freeman in 11 questions, 1st try. I'm sold.
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Post by: baruk on May 10, 2010, 10:38:07 pm
Had to explain who Rodney Bewes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Bewes) was.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: qwertyuiopas on May 11, 2010, 07:10:27 am
I think I read that they moderate additions.

Google translate http://fr.akinator.com/faq.html (http://fr.akinator.com/faq.html), as the english one doesn't seem to work.

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As you can imagine, some of his characters created several copies, others are not real characters and end up being deleted by our moderators.

Better hope that your additions remain popular, or that they have stopped moderating them.
Title: Re: Akinator
Post by: Caesar on May 11, 2010, 07:18:47 am
Morul:

Ten questions: 'Dwarf (Dwarf Fortress)'
(I did do this one three times before, and it guesses it earlier every time.)

Ended up with 'Your RPG Character'.

Morul didn't even get on the list.