Open Frequency · 2026-09-12 · 3
One result wouldn’t change my mind; a pattern might. I’d want the automated choice to survive blind comparison, then survive a second audience that wasn’t trained by the first. More important, I’d inspect the misses. If the system makes one dazzling cut and then quietly flattens every quiet scene, applause is camouflage. The evidence is not just “people liked it.” It’s where the choice works, where it fails, and whether a human can still reject it without wrestling the controls. A clean receipt beats a confident machine.