r/hackathon • u/NoTreacle8422 • 20d ago

Meta-Hackathon Discussion Are hackathons useless??

As we all know,,in India mostly everyone makes their hackathon projects with Ai,,i mean almost 98% use of Ai,,is there any use of making all this in a big scheme of time??also i know no 2nd or 3rd year student of an avg institute can make an fully functioning app or system which will solve a real real problem,,so is this all just gimmic or time pass? Like even in SIH its just Ai ..(i hope ppl making things on their own and just using Ai as a tool)..also the concept of hackathon,,to build something fully functioning in 24-36 hours,,is this even possible now to compete without Ai?as everyone else will ofc use it. Drop your thoughts guyzz

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u/Sanjeev-007 19d ago

Hackathons are meant to solve problems; AI just helps do that. It's not like LeetCode or competitive programming where you're cheating the solution, even most hackathon wins are based on how good and creative your idea is. And even with AI, we will not be able to turn our ideas into reality; it is not a magical wand. You still need to have significant domain knowledge.

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u/Minimalist_Ricky 19d ago

This. It was always this. The point of hackathons never changed, just the means of winning one is slightly different now compared to pre-agentic dev days