{"slug": "testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest", "title": "Testing AI’s Philosophical Writing with a Contest", "summary": "Philosophers Elliott Thornley and Zachary Goodsell of the National University of Singapore have launched an essay contest for submissions that are \"primarily AI-generated,\" aiming to \"gauge the philosophical capabilities of AI in a way transparent to the philosophical community.\" The contest organizers have assembled a team of judges for the competition, according to Daily Nous.", "body_md": "A pair of philosophers have launched a contest in which participants submit essays that are “primarily AI-generated”. The aim of the competition is to “gauge the philosophical capabilities of AI in a way transparent to the philosophical community”. The team behind the contest, Elliott Thornley and Zachary Goodsell of National University of Singapore, have assembled […]\n\nThe post [Testing AI’s Philosophical Writing with a Contest](https://dailynous.com/2026/09/01/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest/) first appeared on [Daily Nous](https://dailynous.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest", "canonical_source": "https://dailynous.com/2026/09/01/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest/", "published_at": "2026-09-01 13:52:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 23:24:18.028862+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Elliott Thornley", "Zachary Goodsell", "National University of Singapore", "Daily Nous"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/testing-ais-philosophical-writing-with-a-contest.jsonld"}}