The Creative AI Competition

A university allows essays to be graded by an AI system.

The model was trained on thousands of previously top-scoring papers.

After implementation:

• Unconventional texts receive lower grades.
• Traditionally structured essays perform better.

The AI identifies structural similarity to past top papers as a quality indicator.

Experimental formats naturally deviate from this pattern.

Question:
Is the system rewarding quality — or conformity?

Solution follows tomorrow.