Things you didn't know about sports cars!

20Q is a cool AI system that guesses things in a “20 questions”-stylee. And it guessed what I was thinking of, which was a car (quelle surprise).

At the end of the game, it tells you some other facts that it “knows” about your choice, so for a sports car…

“Uncommon Knowledge about a sports car Does it have a hole in it? I say No. Can it jump? I say Yes. Can you get information by using it? I say Yes. Is it a root vegetable? I say Probably. Is it colorless? I say Yes. Would you like to be one? I say Probably. Does it live in the ocean? I say Probably. Is it black? I say No. Does it come from a plant? I say Probably. Can it be used to write? I say Probably. Can you smell it? I say No. Is it addictive? I say Yes. Does it have an exo-skeleton? I say Yes. Is it a type of dog? I say Yes. Does it live near water? I say Probably. Is it made of plastic? I say Yes.”

So there you go, sports cars are really plastic dogs and can’t come in black :-)

(via kottke.org)