Teaching an AI Agent to Make Beautiful Charts

Most AI-generated charts look generic because nothing stops them from being generic. This series takes a different approach: an AI agent builds each visualization from scratch, then revises it until it passes the Tufte Test, a quality standard built on Edward Tufte's principles for clear, effective charts. The posts below track that progress, one chart at a time.

The engineering and tech gender gap has barely budged in 50 years
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The engineering and tech gender gap has barely budged in 50 years

Computer Science and Engineering remain below 25% women after 50 years of data. An updated look at how the gender composition of U.S. college majors has changed from 1970 to 2022.