I’ve been seeing many people I know talking about how LLMs have "killed" CP. People are getting frustrated seeing leaderboards, and asking what is even the point now.↵
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Lets take a close example: ↵
**Chess after Deep Blue:**↵
In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov. It was a very shocking to those chess players (first such major AI like event ig), there was also similar discussion if chess was dead then as well. Today, any free chess engine on your phone can obliterate the reigning World Champion. After soo many years did chess really die? No, it became popular than ever.↵
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Why? Because humans don't play chess to prove they are better than Chess engines. We play to beat the other guys, and more importantly, better than we were yesterday. CP is following the exact same trajectory.↵
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The Harsh Truth: Online CP is a Gym, Not a Stadium↵
Let's not sugarcoat it: Online CP, as a perfectly fair competitive arena, is effectively dead. With the current state of AI, online rounds are infested with automated solutions.↵
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We need to accept that online platforms are now strictly for training. They are the gym. The actual "competition" will inevitably shift toward on-site, proctored environments like ICPC or strictly monitored finals. Online rounds are just sparring sessions to build your logic and speed.↵
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Should we stop?↵
Obviously not. If you are the type of person who would have done CP in the pre-AI era— someone who actually enjoys the adrenaline of a green Accepted and the process of breaking down complex logic— there is zero reason to quit.↵
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If you were only in it for a superficial online rating to slap on a resume, then maybe it's time to move on. But if you are here to build a sharper brain and write highly optimized code, AI changes nothing about your personal growth.↵
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As for dealing with the cheaters online, I keep my motivation simple:↵
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**I just tell myself: They literally need a supercomputer to make it a fair fight against me.**↵
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Lets take a close example: ↵
**Chess after Deep Blue:**↵
In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov. It was a very shocking to those chess players (first such major AI like event ig), there was also similar discussion if chess was dead then as well. Today, any free chess engine on your phone can obliterate the reigning World Champion. After soo many years did chess really die? No, it became popular than ever.↵
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Why? Because humans don't play chess to prove they are better than Chess engines. We play to beat the other guys, and more importantly, better than we were yesterday. CP is following the exact same trajectory.↵
↵
The Harsh Truth: Online CP is a Gym, Not a Stadium↵
Let's not sugarcoat it: Online CP, as a perfectly fair competitive arena, is effectively dead. With the current state of AI, online rounds are infested with automated solutions.↵
↵
We need to accept that online platforms are now strictly for training. They are the gym. The actual "competition" will inevitably shift toward on-site, proctored environments like ICPC or strictly monitored finals. Online rounds are just sparring sessions to build your logic and speed.↵
↵
Should we stop?↵
Obviously not. If you are the type of person who would have done CP in the pre-AI era
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If you were only in it for a superficial online rating to slap on a resume, then maybe it's time to move on. But if you are here to build a sharper brain and write highly optimized code, AI changes nothing about your personal growth.↵
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As for dealing with the cheaters online, I keep my motivation simple:↵
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**I just tell myself: They literally need a supercomputer to make it a fair fight against me.**↵
