# AI Darwin Awards

- **Website:** <https://aidarwinawards.org>
- **Primary alias:** `aidarwinawards.org`

## Description

The AI Darwin Awards celebrate the audacious and often reckless application of artificial intelligence, highlighting those who deploy AI in spectacularly misguided ways. Inspired by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, these awards recognize individuals and organizations that make short-sighted decisions concerning AI, often ignoring ethical concerns and safety protocols. The nominations for the 2025 awards are currently open, encouraging submissions that spotlight catastrophic AI misadventures. 

Criteria for nominations include a demonstrated commitment to overlooking obvious risks, a capacity for creating unintended consequences, and a flair for turning poor judgment into a global spectacle. Winners are determined through public voting and expert panels, reinforcing the notion that human hubris can lead to far-reaching consequences, especially when AI is involved. The AI Darwin Awards aim to document these missteps as cautionary tales for future generations, inviting contributors to share their observations and experiences of corporate overconfidence in AI. Join the mission to highlight these critical narratives for posterity.

## Industries

- 🍿 Arts and Entertainment
- 🍿 Humor _(under Arts and Entertainment)_
- 📰 News and Media

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idLDtaPYuS/w/820/h/820/theme/light/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1757286190518)

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| Name | Hex | Theme |
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| Gold | #ffd600 | accent |
| Black | #000000 | dark |
| Polo Blue | #77a2cd | light |

## Fonts

- var(--font-main) — asset _(custom)_

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