Dev: models were hopeless at solving puzzles a year ago, now is the time to retry
Darpinian · x · 2026-10-19
Developer Darpinian says he tried having AI models solve puzzles last year but found them 'pretty hopeless'; he believes now is the right time to revisit the idea given model progress. He also notes that not wanting to pay $10k for testing was another blocker at the time.
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