AI is now exceptionally capable in mathematics and coding. In philosophy, the capabilities of AI are less clear. One reason for this is that there are not any obvious benchmarks by which AI-generated philosophy can be systematically judged. The purpose of this competition is to gauge the philosophical capabilities of AI in a way transparent to the philosophical community.
Entrants are invited to submit up to three original essays on any philosophical topic, alongside a methodology report describing the method of generating the works, in as much detail as possible. There are no restrictions on how to generate the work except that it must be primarily AI generated. Minimal human collaboration is allowed. Works that meet this threshold will be judged without prejudice to their method of generation.
Max 6k words per submission (so 3 x 6k words per entrant, plus methodology reports). Submissions must not be published or under review elsewhere, and entrants must consent to publication of their submissions and methodology reports online. Entrants may opt-out of having their name attached to their submissions.
Submissions are judged by the quality and originality of the philosophical content. Style is not graded. If the number of submissions is high, submissions will be passed through an initial AI screening. Winners will be decided by a panel of academic philosophers. All judging will be blind to methodology reports and authorship.
All submissions and methodology reports will be made generally available after winners are announced. Finalists will receive comments from the panel of judges. Members of the general philosophical community will be invited to rate each submission, to make the opinions of the community generally known.
1st place: US$3,000. 2nd place: $2,000. 3rd place: $1,000. An additional $5,000 for creative methodology, to be distributed as the judge committee sees fit.
Co-organiser: Zachary Goodsell · [email protected]
Co-organiser: Elliott Thornley · [email protected]
Judge committee: Branden Fitelson, John Hawthorne, Jake Nebel, Daniel Greco, Matthew Mandelkern, Rachel Sterken, Herman Cappelen, Kenny Easwaran, Cian Dorr, David Chalmers, Christian Tarsney, + more TBA.
Funded by Forethought Research.