Click on a few dots and this program will guess your age

http://kgajos.eecs.harvard.edu/ag

by pfui • 13 years ago

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BudVVeezer• 13 years ago

It would be really interesting to view some statistics as to how accurate the test is across participants. It guessed I was 29 when I am 34, which seems relatively close -- but how do I compare to others in terms of error?

RossM• 13 years ago

Guessed 34 while I am 21. Will be interesting to see how they're guessing - I'm guessing it's not as straightforward as a lower age = faster speed.

ceejayoz• 13 years ago

There were changes to target size (looking for missed clicks, I'd imagine) and clear patterns of movement vs. seemingly random targets. Wonder what else is being tracked.

YuriNiyazov• 13 years ago

I am 31. It guessed 31. For a moment I was sitting there thinking "did browser security just break completely and they somehow scraped into a social media profile of mine?"

ianferrel• 13 years ago

I am 31. It guessed 29.

"I have the motor skills and catlike reflexes of a man in his 20s" is my new pickup line.

tresta• 13 years ago

I am 25. It guessed 34.

On the plus side, I got carded when I went out drinking this weekend.

hoov• 13 years ago

I am 29 and it guessed 30 -- not half bad.

calpaterson• 13 years ago

I am 24 and it guessed 31. Not so close for me.

jeffrogers• 13 years ago

Don't know if it's a good thing or not, but the experiment guessed I was 12 years younger than my actual age.

alan_cx• 13 years ago

Did this a few days ago. Im 40 and it had me as 30.

Fantastic bit of software. Cant recommend it enough...... :)

wukkuan• 13 years ago

It guessed I was 10. I'm old enough to have received a BS and have had a job for quite a few years. I'm not sure why it would think that.

bichiliad• 13 years ago

I think it just takes the mean age of hackernews readers and spits that out plus or minus a few years.

jgeorge• 13 years ago

I am 46 and it guessed 34, I figured it would err wildly in the other direction because I have a crappy mouse here at work and could have done much better with my usual mouse.

dpedu• 13 years ago

I'm 22 and got 30 twice... Whoops.

tomkarlo• 13 years ago

It guessed 8 years too young for me. Looking at that result and the ones below, it doesn't seem like it's doing a whole lot better than randomly picking an age in the 30 +/- 5 range.

I'd like to see how it does with folks further out on the age spectrum - less than 20 or greater than 50.

Urgo• 13 years ago

This was on HN a few days ago and it worked well for me so I asked my audiance on youtube and it didn't stack up very well. See the results in the comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K6bSVKao5I

ebzlo• 13 years ago

I'm 28 and it guessed 29. My girlfriend is 21 and got 31, looks like the approximations all feel like they're very close to 30.

Click on a few dots and this program will guess your age

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