What Happens When You Ask AI to Rank Anti-Trans Athletes on Athletic Merit Alone
Riley Gaines, Sophie Cunningham, and Enes Kanter (Freedom) are three athletes from three different sports who’ve each found a lane in the anti “trans women in sport” media grift. But look closer, and they share something else: none of them were ever dominant in their actual sport. The grift isn’t a side hustle — for two of them, it’s the whole career now. To take my own bias out of it, I asked AI to rank each of them purely on athletic merit. Riley Gaines — AI’s assessment: “her standing is best described as: a top-5 national finisher in individual events during her senior year, a Kentucky school-record holder in multiple events, and a 12-time All-American, but not an NCAA champion or record-holder at the national level.” Sophie Cunningham — “Sophie Cunningham doesn’t hold any all-time WNBA statistical rankings — she’s a solid role player, not a franchise or league
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