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DESCRIPTION:The JARVIS Challenge — Jet-engine AI Research & Validation In
 tensive Sprint — is a one-month\, MIT-hard design–build–test program
  where teams of undergraduates use frontier AI copilots to conceive\, fabr
 icate\, and hot-fire a working small gas turbine engine. The challenge wil
 l run during MIT’s January Independent Activities Period (IAP) and aims 
 to demonstrate that artificial intelligence can compress the aerospace des
 ign–build–test cycle to near-software speed without compromising rigor
 \, safety\, or performance. JARVIS is both an educational experiment and a
  research demonstration: a test of whether next-generation engineers\, equ
 ipped with large language models and rapid-manufacturing tools\, can outpe
 rform traditional teams on a technically unforgiving\, safety-critical sys
 tem. The outcome will be a tangible proof point that AI can augment human 
 ingenuity in the physical sciences.
LOCATION:TBD \, TBD
SUMMARY:JARVIS Challenge
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.mit.edu/event/jarvis-challenge
CATEGORIES:IAP (Independent Activities Period)
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