[rusty__]

I guess it's broken because it's been reduced from a game of progressive deduction to solving 1 5 letter anagram - not the original intent of the game.

I completely agree that it's a fascinating wider question I think I'm alluding to here - living in a world where AI/computer brute force can achieve everything is a going to be a strange place to live in in 50-100 years time. Do we want to make humans redundant in this way - sure this is just a silly game, but, as COVID has shown us the last couple of years, supply chains, logistics etc are all minutely tuned and determined by computers with little human involvement - is that a world we all want to live in, I'm not so sure.

[dahart]

But I mean why does someone else reducing the game to an algorithm hurt your personal experience with the game? If you don’t use AI to play the game, and if the game isn’t competitive, why does it make you sad when someone else does?

BTW I’m not trying to debate or contradict you, your opinion is valid and I’m hoping to dig into that wider question a little by getting more specific about your personal experience and emotions, to uncover in more detail what it is about AI that is bumming you out. I’m curious to hear about what the automation is taking away from you from your perspective. Does the Wordle anagram solver here feel worse to you or similar to older examples like the Big Blue chess AI? And how do computers in general fit in, as well as mechanical automation like cars & tractors, etc?

Are there certain kinds of AI automation you see value in, any things that leave humans with less manual labor and more free time? I’m kind of excited for driving AI, for example, if we can make it safe and reliable enough. It will definitely upset certain economies, but maybe fewer accidents and traffic jams and more free time during travel are redeeming values?