Klara and the Sun Essay Contest – $1k Prize – AI Use Allowed(willpenman.com)
16 pointsby fkozlowski6 hours ago7 comments
  • john_strinlai6 hours ago
    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.

    • UncleOxidant6 hours 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.
    • fkozlowski6 hours ago
      It is actually judged by a human at the end FYI.

      "The top 5 submissions will be finalists, judged by hand."

      • UncleOxidant6 hours ago
        Kind of like submitting resumes these days. AI winnows them down and the remaining few get passed to humans.
        • sph6 hours ago
          And who knows what ‘gems’ might have been skipped by the machine.
      • john_strinlai6 hours ago
        it still loses its luster, for me, knowing that the top 5 are ai-selected
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    • 383toast5 hours ago
      I mean it's obvious that note is trolling
      • john_strinlai5 hours ago
        unless you have seen the submission, i have no idea how you could possibly know.

        so, if you don't mind, what are the 'tells'? what "obvious" things did i miss?

  • polalavik6 hours 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.

    • stephantul6 hours 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.
  • jasonpeacock3 hours ago
    Trailer for the movie (coming soon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwmEqQv82M
  • stephantul6 hours ago
    Is it even legal to publish excerpts of books like this? Or does this fall under some kind of exemption/fair use clause?
    • bawolff6 hours ago
      Publishing an excerpt of a book for the purpose of critical commentary is very much fair use.
      • stephantul5 hours ago
        Ok, thanks!
        • bawolff5 hours ago
          As a general rule, if you are doing something "educational", fair use gives you very wide leelay, especially in the united states.
  • iamanllm6 hours ago
    This is a beautiful and haunting book.
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  • Karthick815 hours ago
    Are you publishing the rubric?
  • poly2it6 hours 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.