Artificial Intelligences are brown, dangerous, hunts for food at night and are generally pleasurable. At least according to this AI which challenges you to a game of 20 questions. You think of an object and the program tries to guess what it is in less than 20 questions.
It is pretty good at it actually, and since the program is learning all the time, it will become better as more people play the game. So far it has beat me in most common objects like “a video game” or “a ceiling fan”. More obscure objects like “a dragon” took more than 20 tries, having the AI guess at a bunch of different dinosaurs first. Furthermore, the AI seems to believe that a formula 1 car is similar to a dragon, oh well…
It’s impression of itself could do with a reality check though:
Uncommon Knowledge about artificial intelligence
Is it dangerous? I say Probably.
Does it have fur? I say Probably.
Does it usually hunt for food at night? I say Probably.
Is it brown? I say Probably.
Can it swim? I say Yes.
Is it a domesticated animal? I say Yes.
Does it exist in other dimensions? I say Probably.
Does it have arms? I say Yes.
Does it have feet? I say Yes.
Does it have a sense of smell? I say Probably.
Is it pleasurable? I say Yes.
Wonderfull program. Thanks for the link.
And it could guess dragon for me in less than 20 questions:
Computer wins
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You were thinking of a dragon.
Does it have four legs? You said No, I say Yes.
Does it bring joy to people? You said Yes, I say No.
Is it useful? You said Probably, I say No.
Is it a wild animal? You said Unknown, I say Yes.
Does it eat fish? You said Unknown, I say No.
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Similar Objects
a musky (muskellunge; a pike fish), a longhorn (big mammal), a train, a troll, sea serpent (maybe mythical), an ape, a rocket, a knight, a superhero, a dinosaur, Godzilla, an anaconda (boa constrictor).
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Uncommon Knowledge about a dragon
Does it have physical substance? I say Doubtful.
Is it usually visible? I say No.
Does it live near water? I say No.
Can it swim? I say No.
Is it an abstract concept? I say Probably.
Is it located in the sky? I say Yes.
Do people sit on it? I say Probably.
Does it have seeds? I say Probably.
Can it be used to start fires? I say Yes.
Does it come from the ground? I say Probably.
Can it be measured? I say No.
Can you talk on it? I say Yes.
Does it taste good fried? I say Probably.
Does it swim? I say No.
Does it store information? I say Probably.
Is it alive? I say Doubtful.