This publish is by Lizzie.
It’s again with a twist!
As soon as once more, the Cherry Blossom Prediction Competitors will run all through February 2025. We problem you to foretell the bloom date of cherry timber at 5 places all through the world and win prizes.
Nonetheless, this yr, contestants won’t solely compete in opposition to one another for the highest prizes—however in opposition to synthetic intelligence.
We’ll embrace a number of submissions from the most well-liked giant language fashions. Our AI handlers will immediate the AI with the competition guidelines and the entries from earlier competitions. The handlers will then execute any code written by the AI as a part of their entry. Judges will assessment all entries with out understanding which have been submitted by people and which have been written by AI.
Any human that beats the AI will obtain commemorative memorabilia indicating they “beat the bot within the 2025 Worldwide Cherry Blossom Prediction Competitors.”