Topic: Akinator The Web Genius Will Mess With Yr Head (Read 29445 times)

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #50 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:24 »

Stumped it in the first attempt with James Nachtwey (photojournalist) and the second with the Janitor from scrubs.

nufan · « **Reply #51 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:26 »

Fooled it with The Unknown Soldier, though this may be asking slightly too much of it.

Guessed Daniel Kitson after 30 which is pretty impressive.

Inlander · « **Reply #52 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:29 »

Defeated it again with Muriel Spark, who really isn't at all obscure.

I kind of enjoy "introducing" it to new people, though.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #53 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:37 »

Wasn't expecting it to get Manny Bianco. Although the first guess was Sir Digby Chicken-Ceasar

Also thought I had it on the ropes with Simon Bellamy from misfits. Alas it had him on the third try.

blanktom · « **Reply #54 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:50 »

Stumped it with Jennifer Lopez.

EDIT; But then it got Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt.

I think this thing has it's priorities right.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #55 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:57 »

I stumped it with Alex Chilton?

I don't think that is right, i'l try again

Barmymoo · « **Reply #56 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:20 »

It didn't get Dora Carrington or Lytton Strachey, but for Carrington it did suggest Virgina Woolf so it was in the right area.

Yakob · « **Reply #57 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:35 »

Stumped it with Tutankoopa, the boss from Paper Mario.

jwhouk · « **Reply #58 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 07:06 »

Stumped him with... my boss.

Thing is, I couldn't honestly answer yes to "Is he a governor of his state/province?" because the answer is "not for three more hours he's not."

Nodaisho · « **Reply #59 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 08:56 »

Stumped it with Henry Rollins, because it asked if he was an actor first. He still ended up on the end list. That was the first time I have ever seen it so frustrated that it looked like it was constipated, though.

Johnny C · « **Reply #60 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 09:44 »

stumped it with evelyn waugh, buck mulligan, and r.b. bennett. it got leopold bloom, nikki sixx (obviously), and douglas coupland though the last one took him 40 questions

David_Dovey · « **Reply #61 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 09:56 »

Probably because it didn't ask at any point "Is the character a fucking hack" or "Is the character famous and respected for completely inexplicable reasons"

scarred · « **Reply #62 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 10:03 »

it would probably get lady gaga though

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #63 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 10:17 »

It got Helena Campbell from Mirrormask, even if her name is spelled Cambell on here.

also it got Al Cisneros from OM

and Jack Aubrey

and Neige

and Wata

this thing is pretty cool

edit: I finally stumped it with Solange Gularte of Natural Snow Buildings/Isengrind

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #64 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 10:32 »

I'm kind of surprised that it whiffed on Douglas Rushkoff.

LTK · « **Reply #65 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 10:37 »

Quote from: scarred on 03 Jan 2011, 10:03

it would probably get lady gaga though

Funny that you say that now, because it did before. Its first guess was P!nk, though.

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #66 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 11:10 »

It missed Keiji Haino (guessed Damo Suzuki)

it got Rosella from King's Quest, though.

and it didn't have La sale Famine de Valfunde

it got Minus from the webcomic of the same name. I'm impressed

Nodaisho · « **Reply #67 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 11:23 »

He missed Darrel "Shifty" Powers, but guessed Ronald Speirs, Buck Compton, and Richard Winters, three people in his company.

valley_parade · « **Reply #68 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 11:47 »

q no 15: Has your character won the Stanley Cup?

....

Not yet.

edit: weird! It guessed Anje Kopitar, which I suppose fits, but Anje Kopitar is no David Krejci.

And neither is Ales Hemskey. Or Ovechkin. STUMPED.

StMonkey · « **Reply #69 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 11:50 »

Not surprised, but he got Admiral Ackbar in 12 questions.

He also got Minsc correct too, which made my day

ZJGent · « **Reply #70 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 12:05 »

hmm. I thought it was ingenious at first but then it fooffed on Al Bowlly, Stephen Coates, Tuesday Weld, Lew Stone, and Samantha Mumba consecutively. I mean, come on, you can get Falstaff and Archduke Franz Ferdinand but you can't get Mumba? No dice.

Lines · « **Reply #71 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:21 »

It guessed Lady Gaga, Hermione Granger, Harley Quinn, Rorschach, Paul McCartney, Ben Gibbard, Brick Tamland, Abu (from Aladdin), and Archimedes (from Sword in the Stone) all in about 20 questions. I will have to think of more obscure people/characters.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #72 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:26 »

Those may be the obscure people Linds

Quote from: Nodaisho on 03 Jan 2011, 08:56

Stumped it with Henry Rollins, because it asked if he was an actor first. He still ended up on the end list. That was the first time I have ever seen it so frustrated that it looked like it was constipated, though.

I love it when you stump and he is always making that face, then you answer yes for one question and it's like all the hope comes back to him

I can't believe he got Coraline, he was only asking the vaguest of questions

He isn't all that good with characters from the Doom Patrol, for Elasti Girl he guessed Liz Sherman, The Rumor from Umbrella Academy, and even Helen Parr.

valley_parade · « **Reply #73 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:28 »

Quote from: Linds on 03 Jan 2011, 13:21

It guessed Lady Gaga, Hermione Granger, Harley Quinn, Rorschach, Paul McCartney, Ben Gibbard, Brick Tamland, Abu (from Aladdin), and Archimedes (from Sword in the Stone) all in about 20 questions. I will have to think of more obscure people/characters.

As show above, the dude has no clue about mediocre eastern European NHL players.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #74 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:38 »

I remember this! It had no idea who Christine Jorgenson was.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #75 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:40 »

I think it says quite a lot about the person who must have programmed it. Perhaps we could make our own game of "guess who the programmer is" from what he/she knows about and where he/she must be from (seems like it's pretty much certain to be the USA somewhere).

Zingoleb · « **Reply #76 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:42 »

Well, yeah, but then if it doesn't know a person, then you're expected to add that person to the database. So...

Damnable Fiend · « **Reply #77 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 13:43 »

you learn something about people in general by looking at how many times someone has been guessed, I suppose

also it got Turin Turambar on the first try. cool. or, at least, geeky.

and Cimorene from some kids books I used to read. fuck this thing is addictive.

eventually it got Daniel Waterhouse (Neal Stephenson character)

pwhodges · « **Reply #78 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 14:03 »

But the sequence of questions and how the answers modify it come from the programmer; and that's where the weaknesses show.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #79 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 14:39 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 03 Jan 2011, 13:40

I think it says quite a lot about the person who must have programmed it. Perhaps we could make our own game of "guess who the programmer is" from what he/she knows about and where he/she must be from (seems like it's pretty much certain to be the USA somewhere).

There's versions for other countries, hence the "us" at the start of the URL. A lot of people seem to be tripping it up with very UK-centric celebrity types so maybe try the uk.akinator.com website and see if there's a noticeable difference.

Tom · « **Reply #80 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 14:44 »

Also, you can add more questions to the database.

jwhouk · « **Reply #81 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 16:13 »

Thirty questions to get David Akers.

EDIT: Stumped him with Mark Hall, though.

Radical AC · « **Reply #82 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 16:57 »

Took 30 questions to get Hutch Harris. Guessed Jamie Stewart at 20.
Got Shadow from American God's on the first try.

Also, some of the oddly specific questions that make it clear it is already thinking of your character are hilarious. For example question 15 when I used Glenn Beck is does my character often cry.

LTK · « **Reply #83 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 17:15 »

It got Grumpy from Snow White within 20, but wasn't as good with the other dwarfs. I stumped it with Judy the gorilla. When I went to check if he got the Good Samaritan, his ninth question was "Is your character a figure from the Bible?" That's pretty freaky, until then I only told him male, good, dead. Ultimately he didn't get it.

It got the Terminator within 20 as well, that's pretty impressive considering the questions asked.

Lines · « **Reply #84 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 19:24 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 03 Jan 2011, 13:28

As show above, the dude has no clue about mediocre eastern European NHL players.

Dude, I have no clue about any European NHL players.

Lines · « **Reply #85 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 19:31 »

AHA! I stumped it! It guessed the Archangel Gabriel instead of the Metatron (Alan Rickman in Dogma). Huzzah!

Also I stumped it again with Paul Blackthorn and it answered the creator of the site, which supposedly is a luchador. Ok then.

Akima · « **Reply #86 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 21:04 »

Akinator is pretty good. He guessed:
Sun Yixian (First guess)
Gong Li (First guess)
Zheng He (First guess, despite apparently expecting the wrong answer on his religion).
Zhou Enlai (Second guess after Mao Zedong).
Song Meiling (Third guess after Empress Dowager Cixi and Song Qingling).

bicostp · « **Reply #87 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 21:16 »

It took 40 questions to guess Richard Nixon. First guess was Carter, second was Taft.

fozmo · « **Reply #88 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 01:09 »

It got the Walmart Rollback Smiley in 20. Pretty shocked.

Yakob · « **Reply #89 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 02:09 »

The thing got Other Scott from Scott Pilgrim. Granted, its first guess was Wallace Wells

KvP · « **Reply #90 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 02:21 »

I beat it with Michael Gira, but I may have messed up a question or two since he's apparently in the database.

Tom · « **Reply #91 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 02:54 »

Stumped it on the scruffy yet lovable, funny book power couple of Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction.

jodizzle · « **Reply #92 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 03:28 »

Aaron and I have been taking turns with this for about the last hour. We have stumped him like 3 times. Well I have. With Zero GIrl (Sam Kieth comic character - not even in his database), Smashlee Simpson (Drew Barrymore in Whip It) and Marius (Anne Rice vampire).

Aaron;s spirits were broken when it guessed Randall from ugly Americans in 20 and he seemed so far off base. We couldn't believe it.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #93 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 03:44 »

At work where interweb games are apparently a waste of time.

Just wondering how long it takes Akinator to guess Akinator. As for obscure people, I'm guessing that Saeed Jeffery should stump it.

Jimor · « **Reply #94 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 04:08 »

After playing around with some authors I know (adding a couple to the database), I did some local musicians, and one was already in there. Finally, I did my own main character from my novel and the answer after 20 questions was: "Your own character (Your Original Character)". I laughed.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #95 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 08:31 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 04 Jan 2011, 03:44

At work where interweb games are apparently a waste of time.

Just wondering how long it takes Akinator to guess Akinator. As for obscure people, I'm guessing that Saeed Jeffery should stump it.

Akinator's definitely in the database at last, I've seen it come up a few times in the recent games that shows up on the home page.

E: 12 questions for me

E2: Same amount of questions for the Genie from Aladdin (Despite expecting a "no" for "was he in a TV series" (He was))

maxusy3k · « **Reply #96 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 10:47 »

Managed to stump him for the first time with Sgt. Major Basil Plumley - featured in We Were Soldiers. His first guess was Hal Moore, Mel Gibson's character in the film and Plumley's CO.

Trying to get him with footballers now, managed to get him to his 3rd guess with Hugo Rodallega. Getting serious!

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #97 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 10:48 »

I did the Genie and he seemed to be doing fine - was he in a cartoon, was he in a Disney movie, is he a genie, is he bald - and then started asking stuff like, does he live with you. It asked about 10 random questions AFTER establishing that it was a genie from a Disney movie. Weird.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #98 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 11:56 »

He got 2 out of 5. One he didn't know was E.T.A. Hoffmann and now I'm sad.

Lines · « **Reply #99 on:** 04 Jan 2011, 12:23 »

Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 04 Jan 2011, 10:48

It asked about 10 random questions AFTER establishing that it was a genie from a Disney movie. Weird.

It's done that for me, too. I've gotten asked, "Does your character sleep less than the average person?" several times.

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