The most important* human vs AI programming competition of 2026 starts in 8 hours:
- another edition of AWTF heuristic, where AI placed 2nd in 2025
- the 12 best human heuristic competitors vs whatever OpenAI has been cooking and probably won't see the light of day for at least a few months
- a single complex optimization problem made specifically for the competition
- the contest lasts two days: on day one only the leaderboard is available to avoid spoilers for competitors; day two will feature a full 10-hour live commentary with analysis, interviews and a lot of awkward silence
*surprisingly not hyperbole
links in the comments ⬇️
Note: I'll be tweeting a lot about the tournament over the next few days. If you don't want to see it, feel free to mute "AWTF"