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PaperclipPerfector  4d ago (text post)   2588 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for November 6, 2026

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I found this exercise confusing, discomforting, and... weirdly insulting, to a point. I ran out of steam a bit past 75 iterations (1.5/12 faces on average, relatively high uniqueness). I began to suspect it was all AI 20 iterations in and was somewhat disappointed to discover on the results screen that judgment was correct.

There were a strangely large number of pictures, particularly white women, that were very obviously men in wigs. I ended up skipping enough full iterations of them that it decided to ask me if I wanted to switch to men (lol wtf?); yet, if I was matching with said men in wigs, it would have never asked me that question.

It did manage to assess my type somewhat correctly (turns out I prefer cute women, but I already knew that), though I believe it overfit some of the categories somewhat due to lack of data- there would be ones I'd pick simply to avoid the 'you don't like crossdressing men or women who are very obviously in their sixties? what are you, gay?' question again, which would be highlighted in the output to a much greater degree than they arguably should be.

Humorously, the system thinks I rate white women worse than any other group despite not ever having selected any of those in the other groups.

There were a strangely large number of pictures, particularly white women, that were very obviously men in wigs.

That's interesting, I never got any of them even after resetting my choices.

The evidence available to me (including what the site claims) suggests that to the majority of men, they appear to be women, and very attractive women at that.

But I assess that whatever they are, it's hammering the 'uncanny valley' instinct incredibly hard (and it can stay as far away from me as possible). The ones with really squared-off/aggressive faces (and square eyebrows) legitimately look like they're trans, and 'if a hominid is bearing its teeth, it's warning you it's about to attack' also applies.

Would you be willing to share some screenshots?

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