Try and Stump the Askinator

[deadheadskier]

you can, but he gets a lot of them right

http://us.akinator.com/#

 

[billski]

how good can a program be if it doesn't know who Win Smith is?

 

[bvibert]

He didn't get the first one (I was thinking of an actress not a character, so I may have cheated inadvertantly ), but he did correctly guess Voltron the second time I played.

 

[Sky]

Well...I guess a Wood Chuck "would" chuck all the wood he could....if a Wood Chuck "could" chuck wood.

 

[wa-loaf]

Missed Glen Plake

 

[Greg]

Not all that amazing, but pretty entertaining. I LOLed when Mr. T popped up. :lol:

 

[roark]

seems to do well with the second iteration for me...

Mike Patton (first guess was Maynard from Tool)
Andrew Bird (first was some dude I'd never heard of!)

Couldn't get Michael Jackson (the beer god, not the other one - however his name did appear on the list after...) or Dan Rather (again, in the list after)

Missed Glen Plake

got Plake on the 3rd iteration :wink:

 

[deadheadskier]

Missed Glen Plake

He got Bode Miller for me.

Missed on Johnny Mosely, but Johnny is in the database.

 

[deadheadskier]

oh and a friend of mine said the Akinator is an expert at 80s porn stars. :lol:

 

[mondeo]

Got Kelly Johnson on the third try, first two were the Wright Brothers.

Neil Peart, first try.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first try.

William Howard Taft, first try.

Dread Pirate Roberts, second attempt

Stumped it with Joseph Tuner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in State and Main.)

I like that algorithm, it's even fairly fault tolerant.

 

[mondeo]

Also, as a case study of what I guessed was the most common character, I went with Jesus and mixed things up a bit:

Is your character real? Yes Yes
Is your character a female? Probably No
Is your character an animal? No No
Is your character a woman ? Probably No
Is your character a porn actor? No No
Is your character American ? Probably No
Is your character linked with a mysterious organization? No No
Is your character the lead guitarist in their band? No No
Does your character speak? Yes Yes
Does your character come from the Internet? No No
Is your character a member of your family? Probably No
Is your character's work dangerous? Yes No
Is your character from a cartoon? No No
Is your character from a Valve game? No No
Is your character a robot? No No
Does your character have a older brother? No No
Does your character stand on two legs? Yes YesI
s your character the child of your aunt or uncle? No No
Is your character black? No No
Is your character internationally famous? Yes Yes
Has your character really existed? Yes Yes
Is your character a singer, or does he work with a singer (as a songwriter, producer, musician...)? No NoI
s your character an adult man? Yes Yes
Does your character have short hair? Don't know No
Is your character still alive? Yes No
Is your character a citizen of the United-States? No No
Does your character wear a helmet? No No
Is your character a religious figure? Yes Yes
Does your character have a famous son? No No
Is your character the son of a god? Yes Yes​

Not too bad given the intentional curve balls.​

 

[mondeo]

More fun, this time with Obama, taking a certain slant. Easy with the politics charge, not saying I believe the answers I gave, just saying some people would and taking the opportunity to answer "honestly" but unexpectedly. Intentional curve balls:

Is your character an actor? Yes No

Is your character linked with sports? Yes No

Is your character a basketball player? Yes No​

Is your character in the top percentage of his kind? No Yes
Does your character exhibit signs of madness? Yes No
Does your character bark? Don't know No
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Is your character linked with the color red? Yes No
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Has your character tried to take over the world? Yes No

First guess was Lebron James. Then it got Obama.​

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Also, the expected answer for "Is your character good with words" is "yes" for Bush. Which is surprising given how much he's been ridiculed for his speaking characteristics.

Stonewall Jackson, first try. Otto von Bismark, first. George Mclellan, first. Thing's good with history. James Madison took three tries, predictably after Washington and Jefferson. Stumped on Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

 

[bvibert]

He got Satan in the first round, as well as Mork.

 

[bvibert]

BTW - Damn you DHS for posting this!!!

 

[bvibert]

He was not able to get Capt Jack Sparrow though. :lol:

 

[Greg]

Jason Newsted, first try. That's pretty good.

 

[BackLoafRiver]

Flea....first try.
Taran (from the Black Cauldron) first try!!!
Dirk the Daring (from the Dragon's Lair video game) first try. Holy crap.

 

[Greg]

Weird. I was thinking Boss Hogg and it picked Uncle Jesse...

 

[Riverskier]

Pretty cool....

Glen Plake on the second iteration. Axle Rose and Adam Sandler on the first.

 

[Hawkshot99]

oh and a friend of mine said the Akinator is an expert at 80s porn stars. :lol:

Jenna Jameson first try.