> mystified by folks who are interested in making the leaderboard or even solving AoC puzzles with AI assistance I think it defeats the purpose of the AoC to u

> mystified by folks who are interested in making the leaderboard or even solving AoC puzzles with AI assistance I think it defeats the purpose of the AoC to use AI, but I can imagine for some people it's a different game to see how they can use a screw (gaming term) to circumvent the system. On the other hand, there may be some value to learning how to apply AI tools as a solver. If test cases are available for a given problem space, and AI can be applied to build code to meet those "requirements", then it is probably a skill we should be learning. While I don't believe people are going to play fair here, it would be nice if AoC submissions had an [AI-assist] checkbox. Then there could be two leaderboards, and the AI folks could still have some good competition with each other. Ultimately, the AoC leaderboards are unfair as they favor people in timezones that fit the release of each "day". So being on the leaderboard isn't really something that many people can do, even if they are brilliant problem solvers.