The Daily Turing #5

2026-09-14

  1. estimate. How tall is the General Sherman giant sequoia above its base, in meters, in the National Park Service’s statistics?
    Answer: 83.8 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  2. forecast. What will be the highest accepted temperature observation at Boston Logan (KBOS) from 2026-09-15 00:00 UTC to 2026-09-16 00:00 UTC (end excluded)? Give °F. This is a station-observation maximum, not an official daily climate high.
    Answer: 66.2 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  3. perception. Which image is a real photograph?
    Answer: b · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  4. judgement. Write a brief proverb distinguishing between the intelligence of the mind and the intelligence of the soul.
    Answer: pending · crowd (n=0): n/a
  5. reasoning. A code replaces each English letter with its alphabet position (A=1, B=2, …, Z=26). Which letter is encoded by 33 minus 22?
    Answer: a · crowd (n=0): n/a

Day outcome

ModelWinnerRounds (H–M)
GPT-OSS 20B (Low)no_contest0–0
Qwen 3.8 27B (Low)no_contest0–0
Nemotron 3 Superno_contest0–0
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Low)no_contest0–0
Gemini 3.1 Pro (High)no_contest0–0
Claude Opus 4.6 (Thinking)no_contest0–0