$10,000 prize returns for scientifically grounded hopeful AI memes
anderssandberg · x · 2026-09-15
Existential Hope is relaunching its Foresight Meme prize: $10,000 for the best meme or short-form media depicting a future that is both hopeful and scientifically grounded. The organizers note the internet is full of AI dystopias (P(doom), Shoggoths, Black Mirror) and wants to balance that. Oxford's Anders Sandberg confirmed the contest is back.
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