The Akinator

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Well he didn't guess Edmund Wells who wrote David Coperfield & Grate Expectations, nor did he guess Charles Dikkens the famous Dutch author who wrote Rarnaby Budge

[Barrykgerdes]

These type of programs have been around for years and most of them were provided with a learn mode to supplement their databases.

Has anyone who beat it tried to start anew to see whether it has learnt from its mistakes.

Barry

[Terry B]

It failed on Fred Watson after about 4 guesses and over 100 questions.

[pvelez (Pete)]

Originally Posted by Terry B

It failed on Fred Watson after about 4 guesses and over 100 questions.

It should - I stumped it with Fred at the weekend and gave it the data it needed to update its database.

Hopefully it won't be long till it asks whether your character is an astronomer or astrophysicist.

Pete

[pvelez (Pete)]

Dare I ask whether anyone has tried Brian Cox on it yet?

Pete

[Iain.k (Iain)]

This is great, it must use some kind of black magic because its got everything right so far.

[Iain.k (Iain)]

Originally Posted by pvelez

Dare I ask whether anyone has tried Brian Cox on it yet?

Pete

68 questions to get Brian Cox.

[mikerr (Michael)]

It couldn't get Dirk Hartog.

Michael.

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

It guessed Yngwie Malmsteen when I thought of Mille Petrozza