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)
- I am guessing that it is milk?
- Is it man made? No.
- Do you use it at night? No.
- Was it invented? No.
- Does it come in different colors? No.
- Is it multicolored? No.
- Can it be dried? Yes.
- Can it fit in an envelope? No.
- Is it smaller than a golf ball? No.
- Is it white? Yes.
- Is it hard? No.
- Does it move? No.
- Do you use it in cooking? Yes.
- Is it electronic? No.
- Do most people use this daily? Yes.
- Is it found in mines? No.
- Does it bring joy to people? Yes.
- 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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