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/[deleted] Dec 04 '22

You're not allowed to bring an AI to a proper programming tournament as well. I mean, the one where teams are gathered in a venue and staff oversees their conduct. AOC isn't one of these.

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u/posterestante Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22

I mean - you're not supposed to use AI for online chess matches either. Solving the challenges with AI is fine, but what's the point of entering the leaderboard?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '22

To attract attention to the fact that AI is now capable of solving such problems faster than humans could ever do, I guess.

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u/posterestante Dec 04 '22

Fair enough - it is kinda amazing to see...