Comment on Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championshipComments−flanbiscuit1yso many thingsFirst, there's a world coding championship?! Of course there is. There's a competition for anything these days.Why is he exhausted?The 10-hour marathon left him "completely exhausted."... noting he had little sleep while competing in several competitions across three days. "I'm completely exhausted. ... I'm barely alive."oh! That's a lot.beating an advanced AI model from OpenAI ...On Wednesday, programmer Przemysław Dębiak (known as "Psyho"), a former OpenAI employee,Interesting that he used to work there.Dębiak won 500,000 yenJPY 500,000 -> USD 3367.20 -> EUR 2889.35I'm guessing it's more about the clout than it is about the payment, because that's not a lot of money for the effort spent−chiwilliams1yHe's retired, so I'm guessing more about the clout. Or even just "love of the game"? He had a fairly popular tweet thread a couple years back where he wrote out 80 tips for competitive programming -- that feels less likely to be clout based−magicalist1yI'm guessing it's more about the clout than it is about the paymentto be fair he also said"Honestly, the hype feels kind of bizarre," Dębiak said on X. "Never expected so many people would be interested in programming contests."−hungmung1yI'm guessing it's more about the clout than it is about the paymentYeah I'm not in tech but I've seen his handle like 3 times today already, so he's definitely got recognition.
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so many things
First, there's a world coding championship?! Of course there is. There's a competition for anything these days.
Why is he exhausted?
oh! That's a lot.
Interesting that he used to work there.
JPY 500,000 -> USD 3367.20 -> EUR 2889.35
I'm guessing it's more about the clout than it is about the payment, because that's not a lot of money for the effort spent
He's retired, so I'm guessing more about the clout. Or even just "love of the game"? He had a fairly popular tweet thread a couple years back where he wrote out 80 tips for competitive programming -- that feels less likely to be clout based
to be fair he also said
Yeah I'm not in tech but I've seen his handle like 3 times today already, so he's definitely got recognition.