$1000 Flash Fiction Contest: Realistic Paths to A.I. Doom

[Kate]

Hi, I thought some members of this group might be interested in entering this writing contest: https://www.reddit.com/r/AISafetyStra...

"$100 Flash Fiction Contest: Realistic paths to AI doom"

"# [UPDATE: $1000 IN PRIZES]"

"DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE FINAL TIME TO SATURDAY MAY 13"

"I'm calling for submissions of short depictions of specific doom scenarios, starting in the exact present day and ending in the extinction or disempowerment of the human race. Submissions close Sunday, May 7 (now extended to Saturday May 13), midnight PT."

"I'm not judging based on eloquence or technical knowledge. Submissions will be judged based only on their usefulness as a realistic example of a path to AI doom, i.e. their believability and comprehensibility."

"1st Place: $500

2nd Place: $250

3rd and 4th Places: $125 each."

"There are no formatting requirements, but a recommended length is somewhere around 1000 words or even less. Try to avoid using technical language or jargon that your grandparents wouldn't understand. If you submit, you're agreeing to let me edit and share your story on a not-for-profit website I will set up."

"Submit your story by commenting on this post, or alternatively DMing me."

This is a contest being run by a fellow reddit user https://www.reddit.com/u/greglovesyou on a subreddit called r/AISafetyStrategy which aims to prevent Artificial Intelligence doom scenarios from occuring in real life.

"There are millions of ways that letting AI advance unencumbered could lead to our demise, but a common criticism of our movement is that we don't argue using concrete scenarios. I think it would be helpful to have a link that could easily be shared when this assertion is made, with a diverse assortment of short, detailed, easily comprehensible, and very realistic stories of AI doom."

Maybe you could save the world with your writing and the power of science fiction?

P.S. I read your group's rules and it seemed like posting this would be ok. I apologise if it isn't.