I am excited to be submitting the final two chapters of my story, "Simulated Singularity", to the Cosmos Institute Essay Competition. This is a story that uses the language of science fiction to simulate and explore the ethical implications of trying to align a collective intelligence we can no longer comprehend.
I want to share the story with the community here at the Cosmos Institute to inspire and gather feedback for future projects in writing science fiction that explores ethical questions in futurism.
You can watch the full illustrated audiobook here:
I wish you had left markup indicating which words were yours and which were ChatGPT's like K. Allado-McDowell did for Pharmako AI. Would have offered more information and revealed interesting regularities in the collaboration...
Yes, please wait until we evaluate the essays and announce the winner. Due to the large volume of essays we received, we anticipate this will occur within two weeks.
Contest is only for unpublished essays (from T&C below):
"Originality and Rights: Entrants must submit essays that are their original work and do not infringe on any third-party rights, including copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property. The essay must not have been previously published in any form. If any portion of the essay has been published, entrants must disclose this in their submission."
Are footnotes, endnotes, references, etc. counted in the 2,500 word limit?
No, those can be incremental to the word limit
I am excited to be submitting the final two chapters of my story, "Simulated Singularity", to the Cosmos Institute Essay Competition. This is a story that uses the language of science fiction to simulate and explore the ethical implications of trying to align a collective intelligence we can no longer comprehend.
I want to share the story with the community here at the Cosmos Institute to inspire and gather feedback for future projects in writing science fiction that explores ethical questions in futurism.
You can watch the full illustrated audiobook here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRuz9uRlqnE
You can read the text with embedded pseudocode for a prototype published on Medium:
https://medium.com/@realblakedehaas/simulated-singularity-3033e2cb7184
I wish you had left markup indicating which words were yours and which were ChatGPT's like K. Allado-McDowell did for Pharmako AI. Would have offered more information and revealed interesting regularities in the collaboration...
Now that I have submitted my essay, what are the rules on sharing it elsewhere? Should I wait until judging is done?
Yes, please wait until we evaluate the essays and announce the winner. Due to the large volume of essays we received, we anticipate this will occur within two weeks.
Please share email id for sharing my essay
Hi Vikas, please email your essay to info@cosmos-institute.org. Thanks!
I just submitted my essay and I got the message "your essay has been submitted!". Will I get an email confirmation as well? Thanks
No, you will only receive that message, confirming that your entry has been recorded.
I am not able to find link or email address. Can you please share the link
Would an appendix count towards the word limit?
Hi Chris! If the appendix is reference-oriented, then no. But, if it is substantive and expands the argument of the essay, then yes.
Is this contest only for unpublished essays?
Also curious about this!
Contest is only for unpublished essays (from T&C below):
"Originality and Rights: Entrants must submit essays that are their original work and do not infringe on any third-party rights, including copyrights, trademarks, or intellectual property. The essay must not have been previously published in any form. If any portion of the essay has been published, entrants must disclose this in their submission."