​Powered by Lucid States and the Sydney Knowledge Hub (USYD's startup incubator and research commercialisation hub).

​Are you an engineer who wants to bridge logic and imagination? A storyteller who sees endless digital worlds filled with rich characters? A designer with an infinite imagination who wants to build the creative tool they wish they had?

​AI is one of the most powerful tools humanity has ever built. It has…

• ​Semantic vector-based search & embeddings

• ​Multimodal representational learning

• ​Novel recombination through generative modelling (e.g. diffusion models)

• ​PhD level reasoning

• ​Access to memory databases

​… all the ingredients for creativity, so let’s build it!

​RSVP to this event and register your team here.

​Note 1: you can sign up as a solo participant, please still fill out the form above (we will find you a team).

​Note 2: if you'd like to just come for the demo night don't fill out a team registration form above but still RSVP to the Luma event.

​More details:

• ​This is an in person event at the University of Sydney.

• ​Choose 1/5 problem questions announced at the commencement of event (subject areas include: creativity as a subjective phenomena, the role of memory in creativity, UI/UX design to enhance creativity, statistical randomness (temperature) and hallucinations as a feature not a bug).

• ​Judging criteria:

  • ​Originality (1–5): how unique and experimental is the concept?

  • ​Implementation (1–5): does the project function well and demonstrate advanced technical skill?

  • ​Usefulness (1–5): does it solve a real problem or show potential for meaningful impact?

  • ​Presentation (1–5): is the demo engaging and clearly explained? Is the prototype aesthetically, emotionally or intellectually striking?

  • ​Bonus: uses a non-LLM AI models as a core component of it's build (e.g. diffusion, GANs, NeRF, image-to-image, knowledge graphs).

• ​First place prize = RunwayML annual subscription 🎉

• ​6-9PM Sunday 17-Aug: pitches + winner announced

• ​Groups of 2-4 (at least 50% must be technical).

• ​High quality judges (e.g. Jessy Wu from Encour, AFR)

• ​Supported by Sydney's best (Build Club, Next Chapter, USYD).

​More about Lucid States:

• ​Lucid States is an applied research startup exploring what it would take to build creative artificial genius and get it into the hands of billions of people.

• ​Practically speaking, this looks like making interesting and new connections between concepts (see demo here).