A computer can predict if you prefer Rothko or Monet. Here's how.

From towering, color-blocked Rothkos, to the soft brushstroke of Monet's landscapes, one's taste in art seems like a deeply personal choice. What moves you is a purely human reaction. A recent study published in the journal Nature Human Behavior has shown it's possible to accurately predict art preferences, using a deep-learning neural network that did not include any previous art training. And while you might think of your own personal art style as boundary-defying and genre-bending, the study found that most participants' art preferences can be grouped into just three categories. If you aren't sure which group you fall into, this new A.I. just might, Kiyohito Iigaya, a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology and first author on the study, tells Inverse.