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60% -- ai art identification accuracy for AI art Turing test respondents (Astral Codex Ten) (2024)

2024  · Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander)

In an AI art Turing test conducted by Scott Alexander, the median respondent correctly identified 60% of images as AI or human-generated.

  • The test used the best human art from famous artists and curated AI art from prompters skilled at removing tells of image generation.
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60%
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2024
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AI art Turing test respondents (Astral Codex Ten)
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander) Primary Tier B
https://www.alexirpan.com/2025/11/16/authentic-imperfection.html ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Common Crawl
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Authentic Imperfection
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Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander) · Original study ↗

Online AI art Turing test comparing best human images vs best AI images; median respondent identification rate

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AI art Turing test respondents (Astral Codex Ten): 60% ai art identification accuracy. Source: Astral Codex Ten (Scott Alexander) (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-art-turing-test-identification-2025
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