$11,000 competition for AI-generated philosophy opens — and gets a pointed question about who it's for
AnnaCiaunica · x · 2026-09-03
Elliott Thornley and collaborators are running a competition for AI-generated philosophy with $11,000 in prizes, open for entries.
Reposting it, researcher Anna Ciaunica raises a pointed question: if the competition is for AIs, why do humans bother posting and reading about it on a platform built for humans? The exchange captures the growing awkwardness around where human-generated content ends and AI content begins.
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