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Hi Ella, no need to apologise! I've just been experimenting, bashing away at 4x4 easy to shave my own times and gather a bit more data.
Regarding cheating with AI, I tried the free ChatGPT on different types of logic puzzles and it was pretty terrible at them, but there are a number of much more advanced options now so I have no doubt it could work. My own choice for an effective cheating system would be more along the lines of creating a database of solved puzzles. I suspect that identical repeated puzzles may even retain the same URL, if so it wouldn't be that hard to look up (or even autofill) a puzzle once you have it in your database.
Having said all that I suspect that a combination of practise and natural aptitude would lead to some folks being lightning fast anyway. What stumps me though is that on a really easy puzzle, where the clues essentially spell out the answer in a single pass and it's really just measuring my mouse input speed, I can get close (ish) to the record time. But where the puzzle requires multiple passes through the clues and/or greater mental input, my times blow out drastically while the same few names get almost the same record time. To me that implies either savant-level processing of clues, or perhaps some kind of assistive technique.
I'd still love to see video of some really fast times, especially on more complex puzzles. I'm tempted to record myself having a crack at some 4x4 easy, but there would be so much mumbling and mispronunciation I'm not sure I could handle the embarrassment
Regarding cheating with AI, I tried the free ChatGPT on different types of logic puzzles and it was pretty terrible at them, but there are a number of much more advanced options now so I have no doubt it could work. My own choice for an effective cheating system would be more along the lines of creating a database of solved puzzles. I suspect that identical repeated puzzles may even retain the same URL, if so it wouldn't be that hard to look up (or even autofill) a puzzle once you have it in your database.
Having said all that I suspect that a combination of practise and natural aptitude would lead to some folks being lightning fast anyway. What stumps me though is that on a really easy puzzle, where the clues essentially spell out the answer in a single pass and it's really just measuring my mouse input speed, I can get close (ish) to the record time. But where the puzzle requires multiple passes through the clues and/or greater mental input, my times blow out drastically while the same few names get almost the same record time. To me that implies either savant-level processing of clues, or perhaps some kind of assistive technique.
I'd still love to see video of some really fast times, especially on more complex puzzles. I'm tempted to record myself having a crack at some 4x4 easy, but there would be so much mumbling and mispronunciation I'm not sure I could handle the embarrassment
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