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Re:Klara and the Sun Essay Contest – $1k Prize – AI Use Allowed by fkozlowski on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:07PM (#48765968)
It is actually judged by a human at the end FYI.

"The top 5 submissions will be finalists, judged by hand."

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Re:Klara and the Sun Essay Contest – $1k Prize – AI Use Allowed by UncleOxidant on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:10PM (#48766011)
Kind of like submitting resumes these days. AI winnows them down and the remaining few get passed to humans.
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Re:Klara and the Sun Essay Contest – $1k Prize – AI Use Allowed by sph on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:30PM (#48766246)
And who knows what ‘gems’ might have been skipped by the machine.
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Re:Klara and the Sun Essay Contest – $1k Prize – AI Use Allowed by john_strinlai on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:11PM (#48766017)
it still loses its luster, for me, knowing that the top 5 are ai-selected
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