The Daily Turing #29
2026-10-08
- estimate. How many feet below sea level is Death Valley’s basin at its low point?
Answer: 282 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source - forecast. What will be the highest accepted temperature observation at Los Angeles International (KLAX) from 2026-10-09 00:00 UTC to 2026-10-10 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. Provide a cynical but true observation about how moral guilt can make anyone fearful.
Answer: pending · crowd (n=0): n/a - reasoning. Four people enter a room and each person shakes hands with everyone else exactly once. What is the total number of handshakes that occur?
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 |