AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity
The AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity recognizes positive impacts of artificial intelligence to protect, enhance, and improve human life in meaningful ways with long-lived effects. The award will be given annually at the conference for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in February, and is accompanied by a prize of $1,000,000 plus travel expenses to the conference. Financial support for the award is provided by Squirrel AI. The award will be given for the first time in 2021.
FAQ's
Is it appropriate for an organization to self-nominate? If the nominee is an organization, must all 3-8 endorsers be from a different organization?
As with most awards, it is usually better to seek external nominators and endorsers.
Can an individual or organization submit a body of work for the award, or should it be a single product/application?
There are no constraints regarding a nomination of a body of work vs. a single application.
Is there any limit on the number of people in the team that is nominated?
There is no limit on the number of people in the nominated team.