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Old 09-25-2003, 02:13 AM   #41
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took it about 28 guesses to get a gun.
Maybe that's because of your answers.... you said that guns don't have handles, don't have a hard outer shell, don't come in different colours, that it is irrelevant whether it is heavier than a pound (guns are usually that heavy... you should only answer "irrelevant" if you were thinking about something that never has a weight) and guns are usually shiny (you should answer "irrelevant" if it is a non-physical object that where it is impossible to talk about its shininess)
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Old 09-25-2003, 02:33 AM   #42
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OK. Let's get the sucker to recognize...

atheist
Well I'm a member now and I'm telling it about atheist... apparently it takes members more seriously than anonymous people... and when you're a member after a while you can see a list of the things it thinks are probable while it is still asking you questions...

It seems like you may have to be a member to add things (at the end it has a "submit" button so you can submit the thing... you can also choose whether you want the knowledgebase updated or not)

It now has "an atheist"....

Here are the results for my first game involving it:
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Contradictions
An atheist probably doesn't live in the desert
An atheist does not have fur
An atheist is probably not a vegetarian
An atheist does not bring joy to people
You might not lift an atheist
An atheist does not have monetary value
An atheist cannot be stolen

Things I didn't know
An atheist probably does have protruding ears
An atheist probably doesn't make a good pet
An atheist is probably native to Africa
An atheist probably does have good vision
An atheist is probably edible
An atheist is probably considered intelligent
An atheist probably does have arms
An atheist is not a type of bear
An atheist is probably not salty
(It didn't have an "Uncommon Knowledge" section)
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:12 AM   #43
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BTW, when you're a member it shows these statistics:

Current age of knowledgebase: 1424188 games or 14 years, 2 months and 27 days
This version of the game has played 1395783 games with a success rate of 33.71%.
People are currently playing about 698 games per day.
You (xxxxxx) have played 3 games with a success rate of 0.00%.
At your current rating level, you have access to 8581 objects and 1076 questions.
The knowledgebase contains 22.51% user input and 41.45% spontaneous [inferred? or guessed?] knowledge
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Old 09-25-2003, 09:55 AM   #44
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took it about 28 guesses to get a gun. at 20 guesses it thought i was talking about handcuffs
Yet it guessed a gun at 16, when I was thinking of pornography.
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Old 09-25-2003, 03:26 PM   #45
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I stumped it with defoliant.

It's cotton harvesting season here
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it got a beetle in 28 guesses, after guessing a dragonfly
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The closest it came to marijuana was a bonzai tree.
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Old 09-26-2003, 12:21 AM   #48
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The closest it came to marijuana was a bonzai tree.
It got a joint, although it felt the need to point out that it meant a joint between bones. Funny, then, that it reached this conclusion after asking if it burned, brought joy to people and was partly made of paper, all of which were answered "yes"...

It didn't get a bastard, though.
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It got a joint, although it felt the need to point out that it meant a joint between bones. Funny, then, that it reached this conclusion after asking if it burned, brought joy to people and was partly made of paper, all of which were answered "yes"...

It didn't get a bastard, though.
When you're not a member, the games are G rated. The joint was there because it is supposedly G rated... when anonymous people thought of a joint they probably picked that (since the drug joint wasn't there), so the neural network came to learn that bone joints are burned, bring joy to people, partly made of paper, etc.
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My object was "a hole".

It guessed "a vacuum" in 28.

You were thinking of a hole.
Is it smaller than a loaf of bread? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Is it outside? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Could it be found in a classroom? You said No, I say Yes.
Is it dangerous? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Is it man made? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Is it larger than a microwave oven(or bread box)? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Are there many different sorts of it? You said No, I say Yes.
Do you know any songs about it? You said No, I say Yes.
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So - does anyone know any songs about holes?
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