ARCathon 2023

Global AI Competition

Competition Timeline

January 31, 2023
Start
February 13, 2023
Submission Start
December 1, 2023
Submission End
December 22, 2023
Final Standings

World Record Attempt

ARCathon, hosted from Davos, Switzerland, is a global artificial intelligence competition. This highly challenging event welcomes participants to tackle the ARC Challenge, considered unsolvable for the most advanced AI models currently available. The ARC problem, an intelligence test for algorithms, was created by François Chollet, a Google Senior Staff Engineer and Co-Host of ARCathon.

 

The ARC Problem

The ARC challenge comprises a total of 1,000 tasks, out of which 100 are undisclosed and form the private test set. The primary objective of the competition is to develop AI systems capable of solving these private tasks without any prior knowledge, showcasing advanced abstraction abilities.
 

Human vs. AI

Although humans typically achieve an 80% success rate in solving ARC tasks, existing algorithms have only managed to reach 30.5%, which stands as the current world record achieved through the combination of various algorithms specifically designed for ARC. For more information about ARC, you can visit our ARC Page, as well as refer to François Chollet's pioneering 2019 paper On the Measure of Intelligence.

Running Prize Money

CHF 69’000

Win CHF 1’000 for every percentage point above

Win CHF 1’000 for every percentage point above the current ARC world record:

the current ARC world record:

 = 31%

Go down in History ...

Take part in the ARCathon 2023 and push the boundaries of AI! For every percentage point achieved above 31% (Milestone-32), you will receive CHF 1,000. If a new world record is set, the benchmark will be updated. In addition, the first team to reach 42% (Milestone-42) will be honored at the Swiss AI Awards and the first three teams to reach Milestone-42 can have their names engraved on a stone in the Swiss Alps.

 

... and collaborate

You are invited to discuss and share best practices with all other participants on our Discord server. All information about ARC and the submission process is available on the ARCathon Guide Page. In addition, Lab42 provides permanent team support from our experts, including answering technical or administrative questions via the ARCathon email.

Join the Lab42 Community

The Lab42 Discord server is a place for all AI enthusiasts, challenge participants and experts from different fields around the globe. Collaborate, discuss and exchange insights across disciplines!

Meet the Jury

Meet the Jury

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Grewe

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Grewe

Professor at Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH and ETH

Brigitte
Sommer

Brigitte Sommer

Founder of ADROIT and Jury Member Digital Economy Award

François
Chollet

François Chollet

Creator of Keras, the ARC and Host of the ARCathon

Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann

Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann

 

Pascal
Kaufmann

Pascal Kaufmann

Neuroscientist and Founder of the Mindfire Foundation

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Grewe

Professor at Institute of Neuroinformatics, UZH and ETH Zürich

Brigitte
Sommer

Founder of ADROIT and Jury Member Digital Economy Award

François
Chollet

Creator of Keras, the ARC and Host of the ARCathon

Prof. Dr. Thilo Stadelmann

 

Pascal Kaufmann

Neuroscientist and Founder of the Mindfire Foundation

Evaluation Process

The judging process is superintended by a distinguished jury made up of members from the Swiss AI Award Committee, ETH Zurich, and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Submissions is open now. Please read the Submission Rules in the ARCathon Guide to ensure your code can be reviewed by the jury. Teams can submit three algorithms per calendar week in a Docker container, with a deadline of 23:59 CET on December 1, 2023.

A Word from our Host

François Chollet, AI Pioneer and Creator of the ARC Dataset

Essential Documents

Images automatically generated by the AI program MidJourney

Team Resources

Submission License & Data Use

Open Source Code under Apache 2.0 license.

 Any purpose, licensed under Apache 2.0.

Submission License & Data Use

Open Source Code under Apache 2.0 license.

 

 Any purpose, licensed under Apache 2.0.

Your Contact

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