How do we align increasingly capable AI systems with human values and preferences? How do we ensure AI is fair and unbiased, or is it better for AI to be biased? How do we protect our privacy from AI? And how do we understand and ensure AI does exactly what we intend?

These are all questions that need to be eventually answered — but we cannot afford to wait. The recent AI boom is just the tip of an iceberg for what's to come. As we enter the dawn of the age of AI, we believe proper AI alignment is critical for the humanity's future. To help the development of safe, ethical, and moral AI, we launched this hackathon to educate more young people - high school and college students - about this pressing problem.

This is not just a typical virtual hackathon. While there are plenty of awards to be won and recognitions to attain, we ultimately hope that every participant will take away some new knowledge about the current problems in AI safety and alignment. Through our workshops, speakers, and office hours, we will educate participants on both the technical and governance aspects of the problem and prepare you to independently explore further. The future belongs to the young.