ChinaTalk -- AI & Nukes $20K Essay Contest!
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- The Program in Arms Control and Domestic and International Security
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ChinaTalk -- AI & Nukes $20K Essay Contest!
Submission Deadline: July 24th
Overview:
We’re hosting an open-ended contest where you write and/or create something interesting about how AI could shape the future of nuclear weapons.
Want to take on command and control? Arms control verification? Escalation dynamics? Targeting? Proliferation? We’re open to whatever! Just tell us how things might change and why it would matter!1
You can submit both essays (roughly in the 2,500–4,000 word range) and projects. For projects, my initial idea was something vibecoded, but we’re open to being surprised. Submit whatever you think we’ll think is worth a share of the prize pool.
Winners’ essays and projects will be featured on the newsletter. You’ll have the opportunity to record a podcast episode with your winning cohort. And you’ll earn a share of our $20,000 prize pool. Group submissions are totally fine.
1 We’re also open to essays arguing AI won’t change anything!