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Re:Ask HN: What's that Game that predicts your choices? by ydnaclementine on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:37AM (#25333750)
I tried akinator with chap stick (on my desk), it got it after 50 questions. I think it's much better with people than objects.
Re:Ask HN: What's that Game that predicts your choices? by arc0 on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:38PM (#25334533)
It seems to have become quite bad with people too. I think it's been overloaded and has too many things to consider now. I tried to get it to guess George VI, and despite telling it he was dead for over 20 years it asked me if he had over 100,000 subscribers or had 'collaborated with Shawn Mendes', this was within the first 15 questions.
Re:Ask HN: What's that Game that predicts your choices? by thatguy0900 on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:07PM (#25338994)
It used to almost always know at 20 questions, not it feels like it goes to at least 25 even when it knows the answer