AI + Nukes $20k Essay Contest!

ChinaTalk · 3 weeks ago

An open-ended essay and project contest solicits submissions exploring how AI could affect nuclear weapons across command systems, arms control, escalation dynamics, targeting, and proliferation. The contest offers a $20,000 prize pool with a July 24th deadline and accepts submissions between 2,500-4,000 words for essays or creative projects. Winners will have their work featured in a newsletter, appear on a podcast episode, and share the prize money, with judges including experts from MIT, Council on Foreign Relations, and University of Pennsylvania.