More on personality types

INFJ Tattoo
photo: Kenneth Freeman (kencf0618)

Here's an interesting site where you can paste text (best 2,000 to 6,000 words) and it will analyse the personality of the writer

Personality Insights, live demo

I pasted examples of my own writing from my blog and included no quotes from any one else (just over 6,000 words)

The analysis was as follows:

"You are inner-directed and skeptical.
You are empathetic: you feel what others feel and are compassionate towards them. You are independent: you have a strong desire to have time to yourself. And you are unconcerned with art: you are less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys.
Your choices are driven by a desire for efficiency.
You are relatively unconcerned with tradition: you care more about making your own path than following what others have done. You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you."

Not too bad considering I am an INFJ, but "sceptical" would have far better been replaced with "critical". Where it completely went wrong was " And you are unconcerned with art: you are less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys." as I pasted excerpts from Jungian archaeology and the Palaeolithic Venus and The Palaeolithic Artist (which included discussion on Picasso, Rembrandt, Piet Mondrian and other artists)

Curious about this obvious glitch, I clicked on "How did we get this?" and I saw that I was taken to the IBM Watson site that I had criticized in part three of Techism.

Next, I pasted the first three chapters of my novel into the demo and got this:

"You are social, confident and heartfelt. You are confident: you are hard to embarrass and are self-confident most of the time. You are calm under pressure: you handle unexpected events calmly and effectively. And you are calm-seeking: you prefer activities that are quiet, calm, and safe. Your choices are driven by a desire for efficiency. You are relatively unconcerned with achieving success: you make decisions with little regard for how they show off your talents. You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you."

Realizing that this excerpt contained a story told by one of the characters, I tried another sample without such a large quote and got:

"You are unpretentious, boisterous and expressive. You are unconcerned with art: you are less concerned with artistic or creative activities than most people who participated in our surveys. You are calm-seeking: you prefer activities that are quiet, calm, and safe. And you are intermittent: you have a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time. Your choices are driven by a desire for well-being. You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you. You are relatively unconcerned with taking pleasure in life: you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment."

Next, I thought I should try some more non-fiction and I picked the first three chapters on my study of Coriosolite coins. This is what I got for that sample:

"You are shrewd, skeptical and tranquil. You are independent: you have a strong desire to have time to yourself. You are solemn: you are generally serious and do not joke much. And you are calm under pressure: you handle unexpected events calmly and effectively. Your choices are driven by a desire for prestige.You are relatively unconcerned with both taking pleasure in life and tradition. You prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment. And you care more about making your own path than following what others have done."

I have taken two different versions of the Myers-Briggs personality tests at three different times and all of them classified me as an INFJ. I wonder what testing was undertaken on the IBM Watson personality test? Perhaps plucking different personality descriptions from a hat might be more cost-efficient at least.


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