[iliekcomputers]

chess has had engines 100x better than magnus carlsen for years and it's not dead. people who have fun giving these competitions will continue having fun, while people who don't will keep crying that they're useless or dead or whatever.

[KeplerBoy]

That requires a clear ruleset.

In chess it's very clear where to draw the line: no help allowed, you're on your own with your brain.

Where should one draw the line in Coding competitions? No ChatGPT? I guess most people would agree. No Copilot? Same as ChatGPT as the products seem to converge. No Googling? That too will converge to something close to ChatGPT.

If you can't look up information during a contest anymore, it comes down to memorization instead of problem solving. I am afraid the concept of coding concepts is dead indeed.

[nitwit005]

There have, of course, already been coding competitions that didn't allow any sort of reference, ones that only allowed reference you brought with you, etc.

And, honestly, plenty of people do have enough memorized to do this stuff.

[devit]

In-person competitions simply don't allow any Internet access, you have to use their own machines and you can't bring any data or printed material or electronic device.

[KeplerBoy]

That's not the experience i had at past events. Everyone brought their own devices and solved the problems with whatever tool they deemed suitable.

Actually I'm attending another such event in a few days and expect to see a lot of ChatGPT sessions used with varying levels of success.