It's just not possible, see the fate of Advent of Code which removed the global leaderboard.
reply>Advent of Code which removed the global leaderboard
replyI am still so sad about this, though it's probably better for the mental health of all of us who rarely ever hit the top 10.
I think for the specific case of Zachtronics leaderboards, AI entries are overall a good thing. I use the leaderboards to see what's possible, and whether it's worth trying to optimize further in one area. Having AI entrants pushing the boundaries just means people will know to try harder and optimize more.
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replyI can definitely see value in that, "You know what's possible until some shows it", like world records in running and more.
replyBut on the other hand, when I'm playing TIS-100 and similar games and get presented with a score and a leaderboard when finishing a level, I also don't want to see 100s of top LLMs, and no humans, but would much more prefer to see only humans to compare against, as I don't regularly "compete" against LLMs, and wouldn't see much point in that.
But yeah, online leaderboards are definitely dead now, unless we figure out some foolproof human attribution mechanism, which feels kind of further away than ever.
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replyOnline? Not possible, but that's been happening for decades now with any online scored game (or online poker for that matter).
replyStreaming and / or physical tournaments are where it's at.
Private leaderboards
replyProbably doesn’t work for this game, but in-person tournaments will start being a thing for more games
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