The Contexto Thread

[tempogain]

I played contexto.me #150 and got it in 17 guesses.

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[mad_masala]

If the algorithm consists in looking up the distance between two nodes in a database… Let’s call that artificial intelligence algorithm.

Edit: it was probably semantle the one using Google 's db, and this one is just a rip off using a different database.

I’m pretty sure no ai is run when you enter your guesses.

[mad_masala]

Weird… Semantle (now?) Uses something else.

I’m pretty sure I read about that Google database being used in this or a similar game.

[Dr_Milker]

Does the logic seem better in Contexto or Semantle…or about the same?

[mad_masala]

IDK. I played semantle once or twice and I probably failed once or twice:D

[Andrew]

I think there’s something counterintuitive (to me) about how it treats different parts of speech, e.g., verbs vs. nouns, where “build” is considered more similar to “construct” or “mine” (the verb, not the pronoun or the noun describing a hole in the ground) than it is to “builder” because the former are all actions and the latter is a person/object. I would put a closer relationship between the action and the thing doing the action that the algorithm apparently does.

(That’s just a made-up example - I haven’t checked the similarities between those words, but it’s the impression I got from the games.)

[Dr_Milker]

I haven’t played enough times yet to see any solid patterns, but it just seems like there’s something sketchy about the logic. It feels almost as if the AI is trying to train players for some nefarious purpose. Reprogramming our brains to turn us into Manchurian candidates? Maybe I’m just paranoid. Maybe that was the goal.

[tempogain]

@Dr_Milker

It feels almost as if the AI is trying to train players for some nefarious purpose.

It could easily be mining information for advertising purposes, unless they state they are not.

[strung.in]

I’ll have to give this a shot cause I’m a semantle fan and play regularly with my aunt

[mad_masala]

Very lucky start but I agree that the “logic” is weird

I played contexto.me #157 and got it in 8 guesses.

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I started with bread

[RickRoll]

@strung.in

I’ll have to give this a shot cause I’m a semantle fan and play regularly with my aunt

I thought no one was playing it anymore as the topic got very quiet…

[strung.in]

@RickRoll

I thought no one was playing it anymore as the topic got very quiet…

i’ll dig it up and post next game i play. it’s more of a once a week thing when i’m hungover in bed lol

[urodacus]

Interesting

I played contexto.me #157 and got it in 23 guesses.

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[mad_masala]

This one was interesting

I played contexto.me #155 and got it in 31 guesses.

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[mad_masala]

Yeah… No…

I played contexto.me #154 and got it in 80 guesses.

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[mad_masala]

Cool

I played contexto.me #153 and got it in 37 guesses.

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[mad_masala]

I played contexto.me #152 and got it in 37 guesses.

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Pretty addictive.

[mad_masala]

I played contexto.me #158 and got it in 51 guesses.

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I really don’t get the logic for some words’ proximity

[mad_masala]

Damn…

I played contexto.me #168 and got it in 32 guesses.

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[urodacus]

I played contexto.me #169 and got it in 52 guesses.

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