🧠 AI vs H.I. — A Global Hackathon by CS Girlies

July 25–27, 2025 | Online | 48 Hours | Beginner-Friendly

Theme: Artificial Intelligence vs Human Intelligence

Can human intelligence still outshine artificial intelligence?
Let’s find out.

AI vs H.I. is a global hackathon where Gen Z creatives, coders, and chaotic visionaries build soulful, weird, and human-first projects at the edge of AI.

Whether you're new to tech or deep in the machine, you're invited to build something only you could make.

✨ What to expect:

• 🧠 3 tracks: Push the Limits, Make it YOU, The Creative Strand

• 🎨 Projects that blend emotion, intuition, and tech

• 🏆 Prizes for originality, vibes, and impact

• 🌍 Global Discord community + mentor support

• 💅🏾 Judging based on creativity, soul, and technical craft

🗓️ Schedule:

• July 25 @ 5 PM EDT – Hacking starts

• July 27 @ 5 PM EDT – Submissions due

• July 28 @ 8 PM EDT – Winners announced

Track Description

🧠 Push the Limits: Beyond Automation

Explore the boundaries of what AI thinks it can do … and improve it where it still fumbles. This track is about automation in chaotic, complex, or vibe-based tasks that demand nuance and instinct. Build tools that decode messy human moments, playfully critique machine logic, or solve oddly specific problems AI usually gets hilariously wrong.

Essentially, you’re optimizing reality.

This one’s for the soulful builders, the curious newbies, and the chaotic creatives. Make whatever you want: a journaling bot that cries with you, a playlist generator that feels your mood, a personal AI assistant with jokes only you would laugh at. The only rule? Your project should be unmistakably YOU. This is your space to experiment, express, and build something delightfully weird.

Where does machine learning end and human taste begin? This track invites you to co-create with AI in ways that feel artful, eerie, emotional, or explosive. Whether you’re detecting deepfakes, remixing AI-assisted music, or designing tools that spark new forms of creativity, your job is to blur the line between the machine and the muse, while keeping humanity first.

Join the community 👉 https://discord.com/invite/computer-science-girlies-1116490225615634503

Let’s build something unmistakably human.

Email us at [email protected] if you need us 🩷

• Unmistakably Human
  does the project radiate humanity? does it show emotional depth, intuition, cultural awareness, or soul? integrates human emotion, instinct, or nuance that AI usually can’t replicate prioritizes vibes over pure optimization makes you FEEL something!
• Philosophical Edge
  does the project explore a deeper question, critique, or concept that elevates it from cool to unforgettable? challenges assumptions about AI vs humanity introduces or reflects on a philosophical, ethical, or societal concept
• Weirdness & Originality
  is it creatively unhinged? is this something only this person/team could have built? unexpected, delightful, chaotic-in-a-good-way unique visual style, storytelling, or UX uses tech in unexpected ways or combines things that “shouldn’t” go together
• Technical Craft & Execution
  does the project work? does it show thoughtful implementation, even if small? doesn’t have to be complex, but should be intentional even playful projects have solid logic, smart architecture, or creative APIs
• Community & Cultural Impact
  does this project connect to a broader human or social need? is it shareable, communal, or rooted in something real? speaks to global, cultural, or identity-based experiences has potential to build community, start convos, or help people feel seen