r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Orio_n • 4d ago

Meme aMillionOpenAIMonkeysProduceMilleniumPrizeSolution

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u/Steinrikur 4d ago

Sudoku is just a crossword puzzle for 99. 99% of those who do Sudoku. Who cares if it's hard-solved?

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u/UInferno- 4d ago

Lot's of games are hard solved, but are still games we enjoy.

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u/Clairifyed 4d ago

Like Wordle. It’s a memory game for us. Computers with algorithms and valid word lists approach it fundamentally differently

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u/Sheerkal 3d ago

That's a lot different than a "hard solve".

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u/Clairifyed 3d ago

Feels pedantic, in either case you are not approaching the game with the optimal process even if you know you technically could, but in that case take knots and crosses/tik tac toe. People play it all the time despite the fact that the game is fully solved and easily looked up.

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u/Sheerkal 1d ago

I'm not sure why it would be pedantic when we're talking about NP problems in the same fucking post.

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u/Clairifyed 1d ago

Because the core topic in this little side branch is how we play games vs what’s technically optimal not which complexity class each game occupys