Monday, May 17, 2004

Gender Genie -- barely better than chance!


This site promises 80% accuracy in identifying the gender of an

author when he/she inserts a sample snippet of text in the window provided. You tell it if it is fiction, nonfiction or a blog entry.



http://www.bookblog.net/gender/genie.html.



I was identified as male (incorrect). When you provide feedback you get the current success percentage. It was at 69% correct when I did it.

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