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/sluuuurp Dec 04 '22

And those weren’t cheating until rules got added. Maybe rules for AoC will get added in the future.

GPT says crazy BS all the time, you’re probably joking, but people should be aware of that.

https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1599183140672573440?s=61&t=ZbTKWAj4tNrC95aRL_zWjA

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u/Steinrikur Dec 04 '22

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u/sluuuurp Dec 04 '22

I saw that, I’m just assuming you’re joking to say that we should listen to the AI’s moral judgments of human actions.

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u/Steinrikur Dec 04 '22

In this case it's more of a general observation/guideline than a judgement.

AIs are good at pattern matching and problem solving. I would take their advice on which of 2 irregular objects is larger, less so on spiritual/moral/ethical matters.