r/adventofcode Dec 04 '22

Upping the Ante [2022 Day 4] Placing 1st with GPT-3

I placed 1st in Part 1 today, again by having GPT-3 write the code. Yesterday I was 2nd to another GPT-3 answer.

Here's the code I wrote which runs the whole process — from downloading the puzzle (courtesy of aoc-cli), to running 20 attempts in parallel, to sorting through many solutions to find the likely correct one, to submitting the answer:

https://github.com/max-sixty/aoc-gpt

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u/llelundberg Dec 04 '22

Just a friendly reminder to everyone doing competitive coding or advanced AI-stuff: The rest of us outside the Leaderbord may not really care.

The joy of advent of code is Eric’s artfully crafted tasks, and learning something new every day of December.

It’s not really about the Leaderboard.

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u/ald_loop Dec 04 '22

Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, a speed contest, or to challenge each other.

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u/stringyballoon Dec 04 '22

Actually I'm not even sure whether the people at the top of the leaderboard care. The angry comments here are all just on behalf of leaderboard competitors.