MARC is a competition

MARC stands for "Metaphoric Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus" and promotes both AI literacy and our understanding of the intelligence gap between humans and AI. Watch a short presentation about the MARC Project here.

Play a quick game, understand how it is created, make your own and win prizes.

Contribute to AI, win prizes

Official Start Date: September 1, 2025

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MARC-fests. Enjoy pizza and refreshments while creating MARC puzzles, and win $20 VandalStore gift cards for specific criteria.

Register here for MARC-fest 1, 5:30-7:30pm, December 10th.

Register here for MARC-fest 2, 5:30-7:30pm, December 17th.

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Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025 EXTENDED! December 19th, 2025 (by 11:59 PM PST)

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Each submission will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Easy for humans to solve
• Difficult for AIs to solve
• Creativity

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Results Announcement: January 16, 2026

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Current Prizes

• $500 for the top five submissions from Philosophy or Political Science majors
• $500 for best student submission as judged by the Library
• $500 for best faculty or staff submission as judged by the Library
• 3D Printed Bragging Rights trophy for best submission by Senior Leadership

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Sponsored by:

• Politics and Philosophy
• Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Science
• Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation
• University of Idaho Library
• Bert Baumgaertner

Want to sponsor a prize? Reach out to bbaum@uidaho.edu with “MARC sponsor” in the subject line.