I guess Google really isn't the company it used to be.
Goodbye to Google Code Jam
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Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#12There is no need for coding competitions anymore. The competition is Leetcode. The prize: a high paying job.
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#13In general Online Rounds of coding competitions are no longer going to work. As GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks. You can have it assisted, but this quickly becomes a “who can afford more compute” competition. RIP coding competitions. Incidentally, World Finals: up to 2020, it was held in a location in the US or Europe, and has been online since. Pretty incredibly, Gennady Kor…
> GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks
citation?
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#14There is no need for coding competitions anymore. The competition is Leetcode. The prize: a high paying job.
1. Build an AI that beats all humans in leetcode
2. Take all high paying jobs
3. Profit
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#15In general Online Rounds of coding competitions are no longer going to work. As GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks. You can have it assisted, but this quickly becomes a “who can afford more compute” competition. RIP coding competitions. Incidentally, World Finals: up to 2020, it was held in a location in the US or Europe, and has been online since. Pretty incredibly, Gennady Kor…
Chess already has that problem and is still thriving. Something else is going on here.
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#16In general Online Rounds of coding competitions are no longer going to work. As GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks. You can have it assisted, but this quickly becomes a “who can afford more compute” competition. RIP coding competitions. Incidentally, World Finals: up to 2020, it was held in a location in the US or Europe, and has been online since. Pretty incredibly, Gennady Kor…
> GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks citation?
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Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#17In general Online Rounds of coding competitions are no longer going to work. As GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks. You can have it assisted, but this quickly becomes a “who can afford more compute” competition. RIP coding competitions. Incidentally, World Finals: up to 2020, it was held in a location in the US or Europe, and has been online since. Pretty incredibly, Gennady Kor…
In related news, all chess and Go competitions have been shutdown permanently.
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#18Well, they announced they're shuttering it. Oddly, there is zero information as to why .
Supposedly the recent reduction in employees mostly targeted non-profit areas and several or the managers in charge of this were fired. I guess the befit nowadays after 20 years didn't justify the cost. I doubt you can put a positive spin on it so no reason to go into details?
It was probably also primarily valuable as a recruiting tool, and if they're not recruiting as heavily it no longer makes as much sense to invest in it.
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#19In general Online Rounds of coding competitions are no longer going to work. As GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks. You can have it assisted, but this quickly becomes a “who can afford more compute” competition. RIP coding competitions. Incidentally, World Finals: up to 2020, it was held in a location in the US or Europe, and has been online since. Pretty incredibly, Gennady Kor…
> GPT-4 had been shown to outperform humans on the coding competition tasks citation?
Probably like most GPT-4 performance claims, the non-peer-reviewed scientifically-formatted paper with opaque methodology published as PR for GPT-4.
Re: Goodbye to Google Code Jam
#20I can't help but I have the feeling Google is burning money at an unprecedented rate.