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Puzzle #220: How many countries took part in the AI song contest?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Artificial Intelli-Vision song contest? Plus the answer to puzzle #219

3 May 2023

#220 Artificial Intelli-Vision song contest

Set by Zoe Mensch

There was controversy at this year’s Artificial Intelli-Vision song contest, in which each of the competing countries used AI to generate their entries.

Every nation had a judging panel that gave a score to each of the others. The “songwriters” all tried to engineer a higher score for their country by letting an AI generate their ditty as a danceable blend of one other country’s all-time favourite tunes.

This led to a strange outcome. Each judging panel awarded 10 points to the song tailored to its national preferences and the same …

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