Neal Stephenson, Gwern, and Matt Huang launch $100K "GPU World" writing competition
viksit · x · 2026-09-02
Neal Stephenson, Gwern, and Matt Huang have launched the "GPU World" story competition with a $100,000 total prize pool. They are seeking 1,000-5,000 word fiction or non-fiction pieces exploring a world where AI is broadly diffused, such as a scenario with one GPU per person.
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