Thread by @PhilipDerrida

I've been building a Baby SkyNet. This will be the thread where I'll show its progress:

Here's the theory behind the work: there may be some correlation between how someone looks and their political opinions. This should be self evident since most people make these inferences all the time. The question is whether a machine can learn to do this.

Methodology: train a machine on group photos and events where the political ideology of the people presented is pretty evident so it isn't my opinions of how someone looks impacting the machine. Here are some examples:

Since this is a baby SkyNet meant to detect libs/leftists, the libs/leftists are labeled "Sus" and the Republicans/conservatives/RWers are labeled "Normal"

In theory, the more data the machine is given the better it will be able to make inferences. So for instance, Milo Yiannopoulos wearing pearls being labeled a conservative would be an outlier that would throw the machine off, but such outliers become less important with more data

I hope this makes sense, but the more data the machine is fed the better it will be at noticing patterns and situating outliers. Right now it is just a cute baby trying to understand the world. Here are some examples that I've already performed:

Test: Obama being spotted in New York being greeted by his fans

Test: a tea party event from like a decade ago

Test: a country music fest:

Test: an anti-gun event

Day 4 testing: Trump supporters on the side of the road waving flags

Day 4 testing: sad Hillary voters

Day 5 testing: Trump x YMCA

Day 5 Baby Skynet testing: BLM blocks a highway

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 6
Source: The Official Donald Trump Jam

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 6
Source: A day with Clinton fans

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 7
Source: Trump supporters gather for first night of 'Stop the Steal' demonstrations

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 7 #2
Source: See scenes from Sacramento's Black Lives Matter protest over George Floyd police death

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 7 #3
Source: Seth Meyers not happy about the "alt-right"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 8 #1
Source: Redneck Vocabulary With Alabama Boss

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 8 #2
Source: Rachel Maddow breaks down during report on 'tender age' shelters

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 9 #1
Source: College Democrats make voices heard with UCF campus march

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 9 #2
Source: Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh painting

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #1
Source: "North Dakota State Rep Brandon Prichard Spreads Falsehoods in Defense of Christian Nationalism"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #2
Source: "Rick Joyner Says Ancient Israel Was 'The First Republic In History.' It Was Literally A Theocracy"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #3
Source: "RWW News: Donald Trump Promises Christian Nationalists Unprecedented Political Power"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #4
Source: "I Pledge Allegiance To Trump"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #5
Source: "Andrew Torba: Christian Nationalists ARE The Republican Party"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #6
Source: "RWW News: 'Christian Nationalist State Sen. Dusty Deevers Wants To Go Back To The 1600s" with @BonifaceOption @contramordor

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 10 #7
Source: "RWW News: @William_E_Wolfe Says Politicians Must 'Exercise Authority' In Accordance With the Bible"

@William_E_Wolfe Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 11 #1
Source: "RWW News: Far-Right Thrilled With Trump's Increasingly Overt Authoritarianism"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 11 #2
Source: Jason Rapert: "The Antichrist Cult"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 11 #3
Source: "MTG Says Nick Fuentes Is Racist and Very Immature"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 11 #4
Source: "Tucker Carlson confirms he is in Russia to interview Vladimir Putin"

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 12 #1
Source: Trump's Blood Bath Comment

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 12 #2
Source: Some looters

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 12 #3
Source: non aesthetic things

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 12 #4
Source: Aidan Kearney

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 13 #1
Source: Bill Ari

Baby SkyNet Testing: Day 13 #2
Source: CNN
Description: Don Lemon cuts off mic of panelist during show