Aditya Kumar

Competitive Programming | Pupil (1265, max) @Codeforces | 3 ⭐ (1628, max) @Codechef | Java Backend Developer | Spring and Springboot

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@100xYash Me neither a knight nor have a girlfriend. But bro's girlfriend is a knight. 😭🙌🏻

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Excited!!

[James Whittington @jcrwhittington]

We’re excited to announce DiG-bench, a new benchmark for discovery!

Over the last few weeks we’ve been testing frontier AI models on our novel discovery games and seeing how they score. Each game is a text-based environment, so they probe discovery capabilities in the natural domain of language models, rather than requiring additional, potentially confounding, visual understanding.

TL;DR frontier models have improved a lot over the last few months. But they are still stumped by some surprisingly simple problems, even in their native text domain.

With

@cocosci_lab (@Princeton) @MITCoCoSci (@MIT) @SchmidhuberAI (@KAUST_News) @misovalko (@Inria) @tri_dao (@PrincetonCS) @RMBattleday @zebkDotCom @FraserGreenlee @akaijsa @ClareMaguire @TimMuller1 @kubicek_ales @physicscat0x7d @SukritSumant @thoughtchannel_

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[James Whittington @jcrwhittington]

We’re excited to announce DiG-bench, a new benchmark for discovery!

Over the last few weeks we’ve been testing frontier AI models on our novel discovery games and seeing how they score. Each game is a text-based environment, so they probe discovery capabilities in the natural domain of language models, rather than requiring additional, potentially confounding, visual understanding.

TL;DR frontier models have improved a lot over the last few months. But they are still stumped by some surprisingly simple problems, even in their native text domain.

With

@cocosci_lab (@Princeton) @MITCoCoSci (@MIT) @SchmidhuberAI (@KAUST_News) @misovalko (@Inria) @tri_dao (@PrincetonCS) @RMBattleday @zebkDotCom @FraserGreenlee @akaijsa @ClareMaguire @TimMuller1 @kubicek_ales @physicscat0x7d @SukritSumant @thoughtchannel_

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[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@amartya958 Lessgoo 🥳

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Let's win this again.. 😋

[Amartya Singh @amartya958]

Following Round 1 of DisCo, the team just released DiG-bench—a brand-new benchmark testing how SOTA AI models perform on novel discovery games.

The outcome? It’s a massive win for human intuition.

Even inside text-only environments where frontier LLMs (like Opus, GPT, Claude, and Kimi) should theoretically excel, they completely stalled on Tier 6 and Tier 7 puzzles.

Yet, humans solved these exact same puzzles on their very first attempt. I actually managed to crack 10 out of 20 puzzles on my first try and overall around 16 out of 20!

It’s a fascinating look into human reasoning. When it comes to active experimentation, forming hypotheses from scratch, and navigating pure ambiguity, human intuition still far outperforms AI.

Beyond Incentives: Pure Scientific Progress

What makes DisCo so special is its mission. Built by Thinking About Thinking (a non-profit initiative), this platform isn't about commercial product growth. It exists purely to advance neuroscience, human cognition, and scientific discovery.

It brings together scientists, engineers, and competitive problem solvers to map out how intelligence actually works.

Cohort 002 Starts This Wednesday, 12 August!

I am thrilled to announce that I’ve been nominated as a Community Captain for Cohort 002, and I’m assembling my own team—Codehurdle—to take on the next wave of interactive puzzles.

Here is what is on the line:

Prize Pool: $15,000 in overall rewards (individual + community prizes).

Launch: Wednesday, 12 August at 3:00 PM UK time.

Who should join: Anyone who loves unguided problem-solving, testing hypotheses, and flexing their reasoning skills against the best in the world.

We will be competing both individually and as a community. Ready to test your brain against top-tier problem solvers and SOTA AI?

HOW TO ENTER (MANDATORY):

To be eligible to play and win prizes, the organizers require you to:
1. Like and Repost (RT) this post!
2. Apply here to join my team: https://t.co/j1eUTiBPXQ

Let's see how far we can push the human side of the benchmark this round. Join Team Codehurdle today!
— Amartya Singh

#ScientificDiscovery #ArtificialIntelligence #ProblemSolving #CompetitiveProgramming #AIBenchmarks #DisCo #Reasoning #Codehurdle
@SaharshSingh16 @ai_x_man @akshonite @disco_org @who__shivam

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@Divyansh91565 SQL? I had 2 coding problems only.

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

1800/2400 in Placement Prep Weekends 02 @codechef
Fairly nice contest to revise Core CS subjects and DSA.
(Easy to Medium toughness)
https://t.co/FysI8d92m3

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@who__shivam Vishwaguru in cheating. 😩🥀

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@amartya958 @disco_org 🐐

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Today's POTD. ✅

On the streak of 217 Days 🔥

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Cool thing btw. :) Let's win this. 😋

[Amartya Singh @amartya958]

CodeHurdle is officially partnering with DisCo for a massive scientific discovery competition!

Dive into mini-worlds, figure out the rules through experimentation, and win cash prizes up to $2,000.

Round 1 closes THIS Wednesday. Join our squad: https://t.co/IBi9b2vC37

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@Hacshsj @who__shivam It'll be too hard for him to digest in 4th year.

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@who__shivam He is(was) Candiate Master at CF. 🥲

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Kyu nahi ho rahi DSA? 😭😭

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@who__shivam That too is not verified and fake.. Just for a few engagements.. 😭😂

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@who_ShivamAnand 🤝

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

Finally decided to be active on Twitter now.
(Oh, did the name of the platform get changed to X? )🙂

Well just completed 100 days streak of POTDs on Leetcode. 🤳

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@atullchaurasia Wait, what?? You guys are getting paid for internship? 😭😭

[Aditya Kumar @Ashu_Aditya_]

@karankendre Loved the way you concluded the whole story. Beauty!! Thanks for sharing 🫠♥️