$11,000 competition launched for AI-generated philosophy papers
davidad · x · 2026-09-04
Elliott Thornley and colleagues are organizing a competition for AI-generated philosophy with $11,000 in prizes, inviting AI-assisted or AI-generated philosophical work.
Prominent safety researcher dioscuri defended the idea amid pushback: if AI can produce novel mathematical proofs and discover new proteins and materials, why not help develop new theories in metaphysics or refine thinking about the mind?
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