The Daily Turing #8

2026-09-17

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. perception. Which image is a real photograph?
    Answer: b · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  4. judgement. Make a sobering sociological observation about the hidden sadness in everyday human lives.
    Answer: pending · crowd (n=0): n/a
  5. 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

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