alt Hacker NewsThe massive amounts of compute power is not the major issue. The major issue is unlimited amount of reference material.
If a human can look up similar previous problems just as the "AI" can, it is a huge advantage.
Syzygy tables in chess engines are a similar issue. They allow perfect play, and there is no reason why a computer gets them and a human does not (if you compare humans against chess engines). Humans have always worked with reference material for serious work.
Humans are allowed to look up and learn from as many previous problems as they want before the competition. The AI is also trained on many previous problems before the competition. What's the difference?