[bcardarella]

> Increased submission quantity and quality

So everybody just LLM'd this, right?

[AlotOfReading]

I didn't find them useful when I wrote my entries. LLMs get confused with code that "looks like" other code, and that intentional misdirection is half the fun of a good IOCCC entry. Plus, the morality filters get annoying once you obfuscate the code. Plugging an unsubmitted entry into Gemini, it refuses to even explain it because it thinks it's malware.

[s-macke]

LLMs can help you analyze the code, but not write it. Their ability to obfuscate is quite limited and uninspired. The last IOCCC was in 2020, so we've had plenty of time to work on it.

[dyauspitr]

What do you mean by an LLM can’t write it?

[Sharlin]

Quantity? Maybe. Quality? Extremely doubtful. But both are much more likely to be simply due to the four-year break.

[rjh29]

A four year gap since the last contest would explain both of those.

[andrepd]

> Increased quality

I think you can answer your own question

[nurettin]

They said increased quality.

[mattigames]

Vibe obfuscation, all the cool kids are doing it.

[Disposal8433]

That would be the Underhanded C Contest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underhanded_C_Contest)

[w-ll]

i guess that should make vibe de-obfuscation as easy