The Daily Turing #8
2026-09-17
- estimate. How long is the Colorado River from its Rocky Mountain source to the Gulf of California, in miles, according to Grand Canyon National Park?
Answer: 1,450 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source - forecast. What will be the highest accepted temperature observation at Los Angeles International (KLAX) from 2026-09-18 00:00 UTC to 2026-09-19 00:00 UTC (end excluded)? Give °F. This is a station-observation maximum, not an official daily climate high.
Answer: 77 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source - perception. Which image is a real photograph?
Answer: b · crowd (n=0): n/a · source - judgement. Make a sobering sociological observation about the hidden sadness in everyday human lives.
Answer: pending · crowd (n=0): n/a - reasoning. A grid is made of 2 rows and 2 columns of squares. Starting at its bottom-left corner, move along grid edges to the top-right corner, only up or right, one square-edge per move. How many different paths are there?
Answer: b · crowd (n=0): n/a
Day outcome
| Model | Winner | Rounds (H–M) |
|---|---|---|
| GPT-OSS 20B (Low) | no_contest | 0–0 |
| Qwen 3.8 27B (Low) | no_contest | 0–0 |
| Nemotron 3 Super | no_contest | 0–0 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash (Low) | no_contest | 0–0 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro (High) | no_contest | 0–0 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 (Thinking) | no_contest | 0–0 |