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The third Ideathon event organized by the Ministry of Digital Affairs (moda) has kicked off. This edition's theme is "WeWe Futures: 2040 Human-Machine Integration (Extended Intelligence)". Everyone is invited to unleash their imagination and creativity, exploring together the imagined and anticipated future of human-machine integration in 2040.

Today (the 12th), moda held the "Third Ideathon Submission Press Conference." Minister Audrey Tang stated during his address that the previous two Ideathons focused on "WeWe Futures," inviting people from all generations and regions to discuss their imaginations and expectations for life in 2040. Continuing in the spirit of the previous events, this year's third edition aims to collectively imagine a new future of human-machine integration and explore the possibilities of coexistence values.

Minister Tang remarked that society has always progressed because of human dreams, driven by both those who continuously generate ideas and those who make those ideas a reality. What was once science fiction has now become part of our daily lives, and what was once mere imagination has become our present reality. With the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the pace of progress is accelerating. Therefore, moda organizes the Ideathon event, hoping to invite everyone to collectively envision the future and become a driving force for societal advancement.

Minister Tang pointed out that in response to the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), moda officially became a partner of the international non-governmental organization "Collective Intelligence Project (CIP)" on May 25th of the previous year (112). Together, they launched the Alignment Assemblies project and organized a series of citizen deliberation activities to explore the ethics of AI applications and insights into creation, aiming to build societal consensus on AI development. With this foundation in mind, the Ideathon is hoped to continue fostering collaboration among all citizens to co-create the future.

Moda explained that the third Ideathon submission period is open from today until July 15th. They welcome participation from everyone regardless of age or nationality, whether as individuals or teams. Each individual or team can submit up to three entries. Participants are invited to describe their envisioned future perspectives ("Future Vision") concerning life, communities, workplaces, and various environments. They can depict these visions through pure text descriptions or express them through multimedia such as graphics, images, and videos.

After the works pass the preliminary selection stage, they will be guided and deepened by expert scholars to help refine their value before being submitted to the final selection stage. We hope that the creativity collected through this event will inspire innovation in future cutting-edge technologies. This edition of the event plans to offer a total prize pool of up to 2.6 million, with all prize winners receiving monetary awards as well as certificates (or medals), and they will have the option to choose between physical or digital certificates (medals) as a commemoration of their achievements.

"The Ideathon" looks forward to exciting submissions from all sectors. For more details, please visit the Ideathon official website: ideathon.tw