This policy does make sense, but feels like it won't age well.
Using LLMs to "win" at Advent of Code is - for me - a bit like getting an app to solve a Sudoku for you. You've got to end state pretty quick, and building the app to solve Sudokus is fun (trust me), but when you are trying to have fun and stretch your brain by solving a puzzle, how has that helped?
I think Advent of Code for me is about having fun trying to solve problems in my head and with my favourite IDE and programming language while having my first cup of tea of the day. I wouldn't want to use an LLM. I don't care about the global leaderboards.
I definitely see though how using one could be fun. And building code that can drive an LLM to solve the problem sounds like a ton of fun. So it would be nice to allow those who want to do that to flag it as such and to have their own leaderboards, or for it to show in leaderboards and allow them to be filtered in/out.
And like I say, at some point it will feel as weird as saying "no compilers".
Using LLMs to "win" at Advent of Code is - for me - a bit like getting an app to solve a Sudoku for you. You've got to end state pretty quick, and building the app to solve Sudokus is fun (trust me), but when you are trying to have fun and stretch your brain by solving a puzzle, how has that helped?
I think Advent of Code for me is about having fun trying to solve problems in my head and with my favourite IDE and programming language while having my first cup of tea of the day. I wouldn't want to use an LLM. I don't care about the global leaderboards.
I definitely see though how using one could be fun. And building code that can drive an LLM to solve the problem sounds like a ton of fun. So it would be nice to allow those who want to do that to flag it as such and to have their own leaderboards, or for it to show in leaderboards and allow them to be filtered in/out.
And like I say, at some point it will feel as weird as saying "no compilers".