“humans that are just visually observing/predicting the patterns.”
I don’t think that’s actually any simpler than doing it as JSON; it’s just that our brains are tuned for (and we’re more accustomed to) doing it visually. Depending on the specifics of the JSON format, there may be a bit of advantage to being able to have adjacency be natively two-dimensional, but I wouldn’t expect that to make a huge difference.
Again, I’d be interested to actually see humans attempt the test by viewing the raw JSON, without being allowed to see/generate any kind of visualization of the JSON. I suspect that most people will solve it by visualizing and manipulating it in their head, as one typically does with these kinds of problems.
Perhaps you (a person with syntax in their username) would find this challenge quite easy! Personally, I don’t think I could reliably do it without substantial practice, especially if I’m prohibited from visualizing it.
I don’t think that’s actually any simpler than doing it as JSON; it’s just that our brains are tuned for (and we’re more accustomed to) doing it visually. Depending on the specifics of the JSON format, there may be a bit of advantage to being able to have adjacency be natively two-dimensional, but I wouldn’t expect that to make a huge difference.
Again, I’d be interested to actually see humans attempt the test by viewing the raw JSON, without being allowed to see/generate any kind of visualization of the JSON. I suspect that most people will solve it by visualizing and manipulating it in their head, as one typically does with these kinds of problems. Perhaps you (a person with syntax in their username) would find this challenge quite easy! Personally, I don’t think I could reliably do it without substantial practice, especially if I’m prohibited from visualizing it.