it would be cool if it was judged by humans, blinded to whether the submissions were 0% ai, some ai, 100% ai, etc.
but it is judged by ai, which makes it much less cool in my opinion.
to demonstrate the absurdity, the second best submission right now has a note "Literally the Fable essay, but with one letter changed", ranking 10 pts higher than the Fable one.
fkozlowski•1h ago
It is actually judged by a human at the end FYI.
"The top 5 submissions will be finalists, judged by hand."
UncleOxidant•1h ago
Kind of like submitting resumes these days. AI winnows them down and the remaining few get passed to humans.
sph•50m ago
And who knows what ‘gems’ might have been skipped by the machine.
john_strinlai•1h ago
it still loses its luster, for me, knowing that the top 5 are ai-selected
UncleOxidant•1h ago
I'm trying to figure out why I should have any interest at all in participating in this? I mean, other than the $1000, but there's really no clear criteria as to what would win that $1000 since AI is judging it.
stephantul•1h ago
Is it even legal to publish excerpts of books like this? Or does this fall under some kind of exemption/fair use clause?
bawolff•54m ago
Publishing an excerpt of a book for the purpose of critical commentary is very much fair use.
stephantul•31m ago
Ok, thanks!
iamanllm•1h ago
This is a beautiful and haunting book.
polalavik•1h ago
> In today's world, what's the best way to get to a top-tier analytic essay? I'm curious to see.
AI generated content graded by AI for what goal exactly? I don't understand this contest at all.
stephantul•57m ago
It’s personal ad, basically. The author is trying to get a job as an evaluator somewhere and is hoping that putting 1000$ on the line will get them enough publicity to land them an interview/get a job somewhere.
poly2it•47m ago
Klara and the Sun is such a great book. Kazuo Ishiguro captured the intersection of technology and society in a way which can appeal to both to humanists and technologists. It was especially interesting to read his interpretation of partial sentience, learning and understanding the world from the lens of the artificial friends.
john_strinlai•1h ago
but it is judged by ai, which makes it much less cool in my opinion.
to demonstrate the absurdity, the second best submission right now has a note "Literally the Fable essay, but with one letter changed", ranking 10 pts higher than the Fable one.
fkozlowski•1h ago
"The top 5 submissions will be finalists, judged by hand."
UncleOxidant•1h ago
sph•50m ago
john_strinlai•1h ago
UncleOxidant•1h ago