we have seen the underlying racism of twitter's automatic photo cropping, but in an effort to uncover other biases in the algorithm, i will now spend my very valuable time on this earth testing which of the portraits from this avengers: infinity war promo image the AI likes best

feel free to mute #AvengersAlgorithmWar if this is too obnoxious. First up: Iron Man vs Loki

Iron Man beats Loki. Next up: Rocket Raccoon vs Mantis
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the bug lady beats the raccoon. Now here's Vision vs Wong
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oh no
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what happens if I put them side-by-side
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Wong wins the tie-breaker! Next up is Dr. Strange vs Maria Hill

Let's go to the mall! Maria Hill Wins. On to Hulk vs Ayo
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Ayo beats Bruce. Gamora and War Machine are up
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It's not easy being green! War Machine wins. Next is Black Widow vs M'Baku
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IT'S ANOTHER TIE! Who will win in round two?? #AvengersAlgorithmWar

M'Baku wins!! I did NOT see that coming. Now for Star-Lord vs Falcon
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Star-Lord wins. On to Captain America vs The Collector
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Cap collects the win! Next is Groot vs Nebula
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Nebula speaks for the trees now! Scarlet Witch and Okoye are up
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thanos doesn't know who scarlet witch is (and neither do i) but the algorithm does, apparently! Black Panther and Nick Fury, step up!
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Black Panther wins! Next up is Thor vs... uh.... Ned?
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ANOTHER TIE??? Round two for the GOD OF THUNDER versus some kid!
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PUNY GOD!!! NED WINS!! On to Drax vs Spider-Man
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Spider-Man wins! Next is Hawkeye vs Shuri
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INCREDIBLE!! SHURI CLINCHES A SURE WIN OVER CLINT! On to Ant-Man vs Winter Soldier
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That's the first round of #AvengersAlgorithmWar! Here's how things shook out. We will return for round two after a short break

ROUND TWO, START! First up is Iron Man vs Mantis
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Iron Man wins. Next is Wong vs Maria Hill
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WONG DEFEATS STARK! Up now is Ayo vs War Machine
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AYO WINS! M'Baku vs Star-Lord is next
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Star-Lord is the winner. On to Captain America vs Nebula
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Surprising nobody, Captain America wins. Scarlet Witch and Black Panther are up!
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Oof, Scarlet Witch wins. On to Ned vs Spider-Man, best friends forced to battle for the favor of the algorithm
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NOOOOO Parker has defeated Ned. Next is Shuri VS Ant-Man
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quick correction: I wrote "wong defeats stark" but it was wong vs maria hill
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That's the end of Round Two! Here are the current standings. Place your bets!
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Round 3 is on! First up is Iron Man vs Wong
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Iron Man wins, all Strange characters are now out of the game. On to Ayo vs Star-Lord
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Star-Lord knocks out the last of the Black Panther cast. Next is Captain America vs Scarlet Witch
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CAP HAS BEEN BEWITCHED! Spider-Man and Ant-Man are up
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THE BUGS-MEN ARE TIED! Which will prevail, eight legs or six?
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Spider-Man wins! That's it for round 3, let's charge right into round 4!
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First up is Iron Man vs Star-Lord
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Iron Man wins! On the other side of the bracket is Scarlet Witch vs Spider-Man
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IT'S A TIE! WHO WILL MOVE ON TO FACE IRON MAN??
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ADSKGJF WHAT DO WE DO NOW
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this requires some UNORTHODOX testing. who will win... UPSIDE-DOWN???
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who will win... in BLACK AND WHITE
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SCARLET WITCH WINS! It all comes down to this... Who will the algorithm choose??
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Let's take an audience poll. Who do you think will win the #AvengersAlgorithmWar

Audience heavily favors Iron Man over Scarlet Witch. It's finally time to find out the answer...
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IT'S SCARLET WITCH! THIS IS THE FACE OF THE (algorithmically chosen) STRONGEST AVENGER
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thanks, y'all. #AvengersAlgorithmWar was made possible by everyone who bought Mixolumia and supported me on Patreon so I could waste a whole morning doing this nonsense
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UPDATE: @jake_albaugh suggested putting all the portraits in one long image and TWITTER SORT OF FOUND SCARLET WITCH AGAIN
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