Human wins coding contest … but AI finishes a close second

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Human wins coding contest … but AI finishes a close second
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AI is getting really good at coding, but this human programmer can still outsmart it.

“Humanity has prevailed ,” so said Polish programmer Przemysław Dębiak after emerging victorious in a coding contest whose competitors included an advanced AI model created by AI giant OpenAI.

Recommended Videos The 10-hour session left the Pole, who competed under the name Psyho, feeling “completely exhausted” and “barely alive,” according to a post on X. It’s believed to be the first coding contest to have allowed the participation of an AI model, with the technology gaining prominence for its rapidly improving programming smarts.

The Polish programmer managed to finish in first place by a margin of just over 9%, with the AI placing second — ahead of all of the other human contestants.

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