I had a quasi physical reaction when reading the description. Not a good one.

I don’t remember hotornot being amongst asimovs 3 laws of robotics..is this really the future we deserve?

The author is gonna be vilified, but next year someone’s gonna come up with a cute name and a material design for this and gonna make bank.

I’m kinda curious to see what 1/10 people look like but these are real people right.

This appears to me to be intentional and ironic to make a point rather than in earnest.

I am interpreting this as a statement about snap judgements in an age where AI will increasingly play the role of a judge or assessor of humans.

Perhaps I’m wrong, but it seems too on-the-nose to be serious.

EDIT:

> This website just puts reductive numbers on the superficial calculations we make every day

From the website. If it is in earnest then I’d be embarrassed to have shilled for it, because I agree that the idea is stupid and gross.

I see this as an art project. (And technical exploration, because I wonder how did they manage to scrape Google.)

It's made by the dude that has a lot of similarly strange and technologically impressive projects: https://walzr.com/

Nice try, restaurant owner with ugly people.

What kind of bubble do you think he is in?

OP might be The American Psycho

I think we use all our senses out in the real world when choosing some place to eat. Seeing the people who eat there is certainly one factor. Online maybe too if we look at the food pictures, read how the items are worded, look at a restaurant website and read the reviews we can get a sense of the types of people it appeals to. It's probably not the primary factor, but it is one attribute. There are anecdotal reports of establishments paying PR professionals (e.g. good looking models) to be there - and obviously they will use them for their promotional material.

It's good to listen and notice how one is being influenced. The real mistake is thinking we do not judge at all.

With that said, only looking at a rating of profile pictures of reviews to judge a restaurant is very funny and becomes art. Kudos to the creator.

OP may have used their own method, but I believe you could use a provider like SerpAPI.

Another bias can be who leaves reviews.

It's all public pictures though. Why would I publish a picture of my face if I don't want people to have a picture of my face?

Aesthetics