Is it bigger than a breadbox?

Not like many people know what a breadbox is anymore, though. However, I have found a lovely amusing example of neural net software - 20 questions. It's a computer program running the old children's game (that apparently my wife had never played) and it's ultra-creepy when it's successful.
Here's an example session: (note: this list is upside-down)
  1. I am guessing that it is milk?
  2. Is it man made? No.
  3. Do you use it at night? No.
  4. Was it invented? No.
  5. Does it come in different colors? No.
  6. Is it multicolored? No.
  7. Can it be dried? Yes.
  8. Can it fit in an envelope? No.
  9. Is it smaller than a golf ball? No.
  10. Is it white? Yes.
  11. Is it hard? No.
  12. Does it move? No.
  13. Do you use it in cooking? Yes.
  14. Is it electronic? No.
  15. Do most people use this daily? Yes.
  16. Is it found in mines? No.
  17. Does it bring joy to people? Yes.
  18. It is classified as Mineral.

Oh, and the reason this is in my gadgets category is that you can also get a doodad that plays using the same software — amusing at parties, I imagine.

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