The Singularity: AI Essay Contest, organized by Veritas AI, is a free global competition open to high school students in grades 9 through 12 from any country. Participants choose from five thought-provoking prompts contributed by researchers at MIT, Yale, and Oxford, then submit original essays of up to 1,500 words exploring topics like AI understanding, workforce displacement, creativity, and social responsibility. Essays are evaluated through a double-blind review process, ensuring fair and rigorous judging at an international level. This is an outstanding opportunity for students passionate about technology and ethics to engage with some of the most important questions shaping our world.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Gathering and evaluating information systematically to answer a question.
Writing to convince a reader of a position using evidence and logic.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Setting long-term goals and mapping out the steps to reach them.
Students analyze and argue about AI systems' capabilities and limitations, core to ML engineering work.
Essays address AI's societal impact, workforce displacement, and governance—key policy analysis concerns.
Students engage in rigorous research-based argumentation judged by MIT, Yale, and Oxford academics.
Contest requires well-researched, persuasive writing on complex AI topics for global audiences.
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