Such a fun site, thank you! I was surprised that Seedream4 passed the mermaid test since it's hard to tell whether they are in the water or submerged, and the mermaid has something funny going on with her left hand.
Yeah seedream's attempt does have a bit of an uncanny valley effect: the mermaid/dolphin are only partially submerged, but there’s water above them with sunlight reflecting on the surface, and the mermaid’s hand looks disconnected from the angle of her arm.
That’s why I gave it a bronze. To me, it falls into that “barely passing” category, similar to Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on that test. Seedream also took a major hit to its weighted score because of how many attempts it took to get something even remotely passable out of it.
