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Interesting that just a few days ago they posted about opening basically the same thing but focused on ML https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/02/MLOlympiad20
by naillo 4y ago
Interesting that just a few days ago they posted about opening basically the same thing but focused on ML https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/02/MLOlympiad2023.html https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/02/MLOlympiad2023.htm... Interesting contrast and I guess a sign of the changing tides.
- warkdarrior 4y agoBingo! It just means that developer as a job is on the way out and in 20 years everyone is going to be a prompt engineer. Hence getting rid of coding competitions and sponsoring ML competitions instead.
- jldugger 4y ago20 years from now prompt engineering wont be required. We might still call it prompt engineering tho.
- andrepd 4y agoI bet strong money against that.
- scottyah 4y agoThat's a good point, they probably couldn't think of a good way to prevent cheating with ML assist. They even have their own AlphaCode that'd beat most competitors.
- visarga 4y agoToday - everyone googling on SO to solve problems. Future - everyone will be prompting AI to solve problems. As long as we all get basically the same tools, the difference comes from the developer. Electricity is also a huge productivity booster, but it doesn't advantage any one person, all have access to the same energy infrastructure. Youtube has educational and artistic content for everyone, but we need to actually use it to get the benefits - it depends on us.
- agolio 4y agoAm I missing something or are these just regular Kaggle competitions, but with no prizes? What is google offering, other than the branding? Why are competitors motivated to take part?
- riku_iki 4y agoline in resume?
- kuboble 4y agoBecause people like competing. Because people like solving problems. There is often beauty in good competition problems. And you can even learn something along the way.
- agolio 4y agoSure but regular kaggle competitions have all those qualities, usually with a $50K+ prize to boot. Google seems to have skipped out on the prize and substituted branding
- kuboble 4y agoI think there is a difference between the pro-like competitions with high emphasis on the top competitors where high prizes make sense to attract and reward the best. At the same time at least Google Code Jam which I participated in, is an event for the masses where while there are winners in the end the focus is on great experience of thousands students and recreationals who participate.
- aws_ls 4y agoWhen they started the Google code jams, around 20 years ago, for the initial few years they used TopCoder as the platform. So it may play out that way.