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Author (@chiefofautism / ben @contraben) announces new research called "Design…

2026-06-19 · 14:24 UTC ·@chiefofautism ·0 min read

Brief

Ben (@contraben / @chiefofautism) unveils "Design Crit," new research from ContraLabs and World LICA now on arXiv, claiming they measured AI’s persistent "taste" problem. The team says taste is somewhat fixable but emphasizes that AI judges cannot substitute for human creative judgment, and they accompany the announcement with a video and link to the paper.

Why it matters

Author (@chiefofautism / ben @contraben) announces new research called "Design Crit" from ContraLabs (@contralabs_ai) and World LICA (@world_lica) published on arXiv (link in post).

Key details

They report measuring AI's "taste" problem, say it is "(somewhat) fixable," but argue AI judges cannot replace human creative judgement; the post includes a video demonstration.

Source evidence

thank you

now your design will become the new slop

ben (@contraben)

We all know AI has a "taste" problem.

We measured it. It’s (somewhat) fixable, but AI judges can't replace human creative judgement.

Introducing Design Crit.

New research from @contralabsai and @worldlica, now live on @arxiv

Video

— https://nitter.net/contraben/status/2067642271059661101#m