Hello everyone! As we approach the Qualifiers announcement, we’d like to share some thoughts on HackaTRON so far. We’ve been supporting the Hackathon team by providing feedback and observing the community from the sidelines, hoping to encourage more organic discussions and engagement. Our goal is for participants to genuinely learn and grow through HackaTRON, not simply view it as a competition. To support this, the team will also be reaching out with email feedback this season, offering simple suggestions to help improve projects.
Additionally, we’ve noticed – and received reports about – responses generated by AI tools like ChatGPT being used to game community contributor prizes. Our stance is that using AI to enhance writing quality is acceptable; however, using AI to create polished but unrelated responses undermines the spirit of the community. We encourage the HackaTRON team to consider this issue and ensure interactions feel authentic. We’d much rather interact with real people, not bots. What do you think?
3. How should the team handle responses that rely heavily on ChatGPT?
4. What track would you like to see in the next season, and why?