Basic necessities like clean water and safe, affordable housing, or opportunities in education and fair government representation are not equally accessible to all people. Climate change exacerbates the challenges that many people but especially women and historically underserved communities face as resources are strained and climate adaptation protections are often inadequate.
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Generative AI has great potential to address these issues and reduce inequality, improving people’s lives. It can:
- Optimize water distribution by predicting usage patterns and identifying contamination sources.
- Design affordable, sustainable structures suited to local conditions.
- Provide personalized learning experiences, translating and adapting content to local languages and needs.
- Identify underserved communities, ensuring fair resource allocation and policy-making that reflects the true needs of the population.
$1 Million Call for GenAI Solutions to Basic Needs
2024 Call for Code Global Challenge is calling on students, developers, and problem-solvers from universities and companies around the world to build innovative AI tech solutions with IBM watsonx that address specific challenges of equitable access to essential needs.
Teams of 1-5 people can work on answers to this question: How can generative AI technology improve equitable access to essential resources and opportunities for all people? The should develop ideas for the Challenge by bringing together diverse skill sets to design unique and impactful solutions, including:
- Builders: Tech mastermind of your team. The builder is the methodical, digital-obsessed teammate who brings the technical know-how to help ground your solution in what’s possible.
- Designers: UX experts who ensures the solution is user-friendly and visually appealing. Designers bring creative vision to technical problem solving, making what you build sleek and easy-to-consume.
- Communicators: make complex ideas simple and inspiring. Your team’s calculating hustler is essential in articulating the problem and succinctly defining how the solution can make a difference in a profound, unique, consumable way.
- Humanitarians: Altruistic thinkers who understand the complex problems at hand in a truly human way and are committed to finding a solution to make a demonstrable difference. This inspirational lead of your team considers the communities in need, while also thinking like the individual user.
University teams will compete for the Grand prize of $50,000 USD, First runner-up prize of $25,000 USD, Second runner-up prize of $10,000 USD and a University grant of $30,000 USD.
Apply Now! Deadline is October 17, 2024
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