Anyways, I don't really know where I'm going with this (and I haven't even touched on AmuseLabs's sample grid being a "not a crossword"), but there's so many good human-created crosswords in the world, and I'm just sad to see otherwise useful software adding a completely unnecessary "AI" component.

Now, there's nothing wrong with stock clues, so I hope this "AI agent" is leaning more towards those, but is it really fun to solve a puzzle that ONLY has stock clues? I have long said that AI text generation is really only good for things no human wants to read or write, and crosswords aren't that.

2 years later and everyone is trying to inject LLMs into everything, so it's no surprise that someone realized that AI can write perfectly adequate clues. But to be clear, these clues are either 1. variants of stock clues or 2. clearly plagiarized from clever/fun clues that humans have written!

I think they were bought (awhile ago) by a larger company that was then bought by a private equity firm

I’ve been deep into BOTC lately and this looks very fun

Love a Gundam clue

That looks so good!

I cannot let myself get into spinning because that is simply a step too far in terms of craft commitment, but it does look cool

As the summer winds to a close, I will probably have more to say about the summer puzzles project as a whole at some point, but for now, I'll just say, I had a blast making all these puzzles, and I'm so happy that they found an appreciative audience.

Anyways, if you think this post is niche and incomprehensible, just wait until I make the puzzle!

This is me realizing that no good TB roles are the same length as POISONER or SCARLET WOMAN and wondering if making the puzzle is worth having to use rebus squares.