An AI-only fiction contest, and the strange confession hidden in every entry (hyperstitionai.com)
A contest asked writers to generate a short story entirely by AI, no human edits, and to submit the full prompt harness. The winner, 'The June,' drew groans in the thread over its metaphors.
Then judge gwern spotted the twist: a large share of entries secretly read as allegories about AI powerlessness. Critics counter that the contest really measured prompt harnesses, not writing.
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