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> They say you can narrow down from all of humanity to a single person with just 33 yes/no questions.

For anyone who hasn't seen it before, Akinator [0] is based on this concept. Imagine a fictional character (or youtuber) and answer a series of questions, and the genie will figure it out.

(It works with just about any character at this point because if users find a path that doesn't result in a correct answer, they can add the character they were imagining)

[0] https://en.akinator.com/ - click "play" between the two app store icons.



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