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I know you aren't specifically calling it cheating, but your comment triggered a thought about this. Let's go further down the rabbit hole for people looking t

I know you aren't specifically calling it cheating, but your comment triggered a thought about this. Let's go further down the rabbit hole for people looking to compete on the leaderboard: is it in any way cheating for the people that worked on ChatGPT to use it to solve Advent of Code problems? They did have a hand in developing the system. What if it was the work of one person? Would it be cheating if they used it? What about utility libraries that people have built up to help them solve advent of code problems so quickly? What about people that are using utility libraries that someone else built?

zamadatix 4y ago
Any time I’ve seen a debate about what qualifies on cheating, regardless of the activity in question, it ultimately seems to come down to what the people playing think is fun competition and it’ll change depending who is playing. I think most don’t find letting some other system play for you to be fun competition unless they perceive the competition to be about building such systems. The same can be applied to utility libraries or any other aspect in question. Most often I’ve seen this question come up in speed running circles. Should we allow a save after the long intro save? Are autoclickers to avoid hand injury in rpg text dialogs fair? Is a certain action cheating or intended gameplay? Ultimately it’s a question of what the group currently playing thinks is the most fun to compete in, there is never an objective answer.