alt Hacker NewsGiven that ICPC problems are in general easier than IOI problems. I wouldn't be surprise to see they can get Gold (even perfect scores) in ICPC.
Nonetheless, I'm still questioning what's the cost and how long it would take for us to be able to access these models.
Still great work, but it's less useful if the cost is actually higher than hiring someone with the same level.
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tgma • yesterday at 7:36 PM
Not sure by what metric you compare the difficulty, but regardless of the hardness of the problem, IIRC, ICPC requires 100% correctness on test cases to score a problem (even failing one means you don't get the score,) but IOI would admit fractional scores (correct me if I am wrong.)
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What makes you say that they are easier? Are there more people who manages to solve a problem from ICPC than from IOI?
How do you compare those?
There were at least 2 very simple problems in IOI this year.
I haven't read the ICPC problem set, and perhaps there are some low-hanging fruits, but I highly doubt it.