{"id":33221,"date":"2025-07-03T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=33221"},"modified":"2025-07-01T06:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:43:20","slug":"a-story-of-self-setting-sudoku-4-by-thomas-snyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/a-story-of-self-setting-sudoku-4-by-thomas-snyder\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story of Self-setting Sudoku #4 by Thomas Snyder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth level of self-setting is \u201cHigh Setting Automation\u201d. The editor relaxes as an automated, intelligent process (AI) generates grids that are then passed to a second AI the editor has set up to reject almost everything that is not an outlier, since corner cases may be the only interesting things left to search for. When needed, the editor still acts to reject unfriendly logic before publishing.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Sudoku<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using SudokuPad)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Intelligence is Thinking * The Box (4 of 5)<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 587th puzzle from Thomas Snyder.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku<\/a> rules. <\/p>\n

Difficulty (highlight to view):<\/b> 3.5 stars<\/span><\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 3:45, Master = 5:45, Expert = 11:30<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for all entries in A Story of Self-setting Sudoku<\/a><\/i>. Follow this link for other classic Sudoku<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku<\/a> to get started on. More classic Sudoku puzzles can be found in The Art of Sudoku<\/i><\/a>, The Art of Sudoku 2<\/i><\/a> and in our beginner-friendly collection Intro to GMPuzzles<\/i><\/a> by Serkan Y\u00fcrekli.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Twelve Months of Sudoku?<\/a>\u00a0post\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fourth level of self-setting is \u201cHigh Setting Automation\u201d. The editor relaxes as an automated, intelligent process (AI) generates grids that are then passed to a second AI the editor has set up to reject almost everything that is not an outlier, since corner cases may be the only interesting things left to search for. 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