The computers They have conquered chess, go and poker. But in the competitive world of high -level programming, the people – For the time being – they still hold the reins.

Specifically, as the Guardianthe Polish Przemysław dębiakknown on the internet as Psyhomanaged to prevail with a marginal difference over her algorithm Openai In his world final Atcoder World Tour 2025 in Tokyo. He, however, states that it may have been the last time a man would win this title.

“It’s very likely,” says the 41 -year -old, who previously worked in Openai herself. “I would rather not happen – I like these competitions. It would be a bit discouraging to know that there is a “magic being” that does it better than me. “

Dębiak acknowledges the irony of the situation: the developers themselves created the artificial intelligence that now overcomes them.

“Before the competition I wrote on Twitter:” You live from the sword, you die from the sword, “he says. “I helped to develop her AI And I would be the one who would lose. Although I finally won – for now. “

The event included 11 leading human contestants (based on international rankings) and an Openai algorithm, who finished second, just 9.5% behind the winner. Openai’s CEO, Sam Altman, publicly congratulated Psyho on Twitter.

The 10 -hour competition included solving a complex optimization problem – such as the classic “street vendor problem”, in which the shortest route between different cities should be found. Although such problems are simply expressed, finding the optimal solution is extremely demanding.

People think better – AI writes faster

“At the moment, people – I mean top people – are even better in reasonable thinking and in solving complex problems,” says Psyho. “But they have restrictions: they write slowly, while AI can constantly test minor modifications much faster.”

According to him, the Openai model works as if you “clonish a man many times, working at the same time”.

“It may not be smarter, but it is definitely faster. And sometimes, the speed of multiple moderate minds overcome a genius mind. “

The fear of replacement

This victory comes at a time when technological giants such as Meta and Microsoft are strongly investing in AI codes. Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, has estimated that up to 20% of “white” professions could be replaced by AI over the next 1-5 years.

“This is already the case, in almost all areas,” says Dębiak. “Spiritual work is in the” front line “. For manual jobs, robotics is a few years back. “

Although he is excited by progress, he does not hide his concern about the social impact:

“We already have huge problems: misinformation, psychological impacts, people who lose the meaning of life. Society is moving slowly. But technological progress is running at an ever -increasing speed. “