Russian developers and psychologists have created a service that determines character traits and thinking style based on the choice of artists. The user selects those authors whose works are closest and most interesting to them — from realists to abstractionists. The system analyzes the choice and provides a personality profile: a tendency toward analytics, intuition, spontaneity, or planning.

The service is based on psychological research and machine learning. The developers claim that the choice of an artist is not just a matter of taste, but a projection of the inner world. The project is currently in closed testing. It is promised to be released to the public in the fall.

Editorial Comment

Previously, to find out your psychological profile, you had to sit in a therapist's chair, pay money, and get complex terms. Now it's enough to choose an artist. The system analyzes your taste and delivers a verdict: you're an intuitive if you like impressionists, or a boring analyst if you prefer classics. It's unclear, of course, what to do for those who don't understand art at all. But the developers apparently believe such people don't exist. Or they believe they just shouldn't be trusted with important decisions. Either way — it's cheaper and faster than going to a fortune-teller. And the result is about the same.