Former CP contestant rejects "raising difficulty to counter AI": pointless
anpaure · x · 2026-08-27
Responding to suggestions of raising contest difficulty to counter AI, a former competitive programming skeptic expressed strong disagreement, arguing:
a) By 2027, models will be smarter than all human contestants and organizers combined, making it a poor benchmark.
b) Raising the ceiling is pointless as the current score distribution looks fine.
c) AI affects programming contests like Deep Blue affected chess: it doesn't, except for cheating.
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