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Has anyone tried the Scott Alexander AI bet prompts?

1. A stained glass picture of a woman in a library with a raven on her shoulder with a key in its mouth

2. An oil painting of a man in a factory looking at a cat wearing a top hat

3. A digital art picture of a child riding a llama with a bell on its tail through a desert

4. A 3D render of an astronaut in space holding a fox wearing lipstick

5. Pixel art of a farmer in a cathedral holding a red basketball




Yes, I tried them here on an earlier version of IF: https://twitter.com/eb_french/status/1618354180577714176


I thought it was pretty definitive at the time, but when you look really closely (as Scott's opponent is likely to do), it didn't seem like a clear win yet. But that was 3 months ago, and hopefully DF is even better now.


where are these prompts from?


Scott Alexander made a bet with those prompts here: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-asking-robo...

And followed up with this article when he won the bet: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/i-won-my-three-year-ai...




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