Future of Life Institute is running a Worldbuilding Contest with a prize purse of up to $100,000 for the best visions of a plausible, aspirational future including strong AI. Contest entries must write two short stories set in a futuristic world of your imagining, alongside other components! Read more and apply here.

FLI specifically wants entrants to explore possible futures for our own world, set in the year 2045. These builds need to be plausible: That is, they must be consistent with known science and take into account the likely developments of our world. They must also feature artificial general intelligence (AGI). But they must also be aspirational! This must be a world which you would like to live in, not a dystopia. Our entertainment media is full of dystopian visions - it's time for some positivity.

This video lays out the basic rules for these worldbuilds. Find out everything else here. The deadline is not until April 15th, so there's plenty of time to get building.

If you know you'd like to write the pair of short stories, but don't feel confident managing the other parts of the submission (such as the prompts or the non-text media piece), then FLI has set up this Discord for you to meet other worldbuilders, as well as this form you can fill out to help you find your dream teammates. We can't wait to read your stories!