Humans Still Code Better Than AI — But Barely

Humans Still Code Better Than AI — But For How Long?

Polish coder Psyho just beat OpenAI’s best at the AtCoder World Finals.
But even he admits… this might be the last human win.

While AI has mastered chess, Go, and poker—coding still needs that rare mix of logic, intuition, and grit.
At least, for now.

This win wasn’t by a landslide. OpenAI’s code bot trailed just 9.5% behind. That’s basically one error away from a different headline.

And Psyho knows it.
He even tweeted: “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”
After all, he helped build the same AI that almost beat him.

So what tipped the scale?
Reasoning.
Top-tier humans still think through open-ended problems better than today’s AI.
But here’s the twist: AI doesn’t get tired, doesn’t need breaks, and can run thousands of variations while you’re still writing one function.

In his words:
“The model is like cloning a single human working in parallel.”

The clock’s ticking.

Big players like Microsoft, Meta, and Anthropic are already betting on AI to write most of the future’s code.
And while white-collar jobs brace for disruption, competitions like this feel less like sport… and more like a final farewell.

So, is this a win? Or a warning?

👇 What do you think — will AI beat the last human coder within 5 years?