Spoiler: they saved the world.
The Challenge
Design a single, genuinely fun workshop that played with the concept of AI — while embedding ARM's core values of working together to make the world a better place through technology.
It needed to feel exciting, ridiculous, high-stakes, and deeply human all at the same time.
The Solution
A Rube Goldberg-style challenge with an AI twist. Teams were briefed by AI that they needed to outsmart it — since AI thinks logically, the only way to beat it was to be completely illogical: push a big red button to save the world using the most convoluted method imaginable.
The room was dressed as a giant brick-a-brac shop: Lego, art supplies, electronics, tools, craft materials. Teams also had prompt cards and a mysterious AI Shop — special items could be unlocked by writing well-crafted AI prompts, teaching participants the real value of prompt precision.
Each round brought a new twist: steal items from other teams, join forces, or — crucially — no talking at all. Every twist challenged a different dimension of teamwork.
It ended with a live test run. Every contraption fired simultaneously. The button was pushed.
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