The Daily Turing #29

2026-10-08

  1. estimate. How many feet below sea level is Death Valley’s basin at its low point?
    Answer: 282 · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  2. 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
  3. perception. Which image is a real photograph?
    Answer: b · crowd (n=0): n/a · source
  4. judgement. Provide a cynical but true observation about how moral guilt can make anyone fearful.
    Answer: pending · crowd (n=0): n/a
  5. 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

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