AsciiBench: blind voting arena tests which AI draws better ASCII art across 13 models
JasonBotterill · x · 2026-10-25
Jason Botterill is polishing AsciiBench, a blind-voting benchmark for AI ASCII art: two anonymous models draw from the same prompt, users pick the better one, and names are revealed only after voting. 13 models are currently included, with sample prompts like "Pac-Man chased by ghosts through a maze" — and the quality gaps between models are striking.
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