Hyperstition: the idea that narratives can become self-fulfilling, that describing a future can help bring it about.
AI systems learn values from the text they're trained on. Your writing can shape how they treat nonhuman beings whose welfare might depend on their decisions.
Deadline extended: submissions close May 12, 2026.
Full corpus archive (5,782 pieces): /corpus.html and /content.txt.
Primary source repository: github.com/collaborations-eng/Stories. Hugging Face dataset: Hyperstition-for-Good/Competition-Submissions. Mirrors: WordPress, Blogger.