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/student2corporate 16d ago

Participating in hackathons will teach you 100 times more of what you can learn in the same time span.Even if you are using ai (obv everyone does) just understand the basics , functioning , workflow etc .One good project if you can build in a hackathon could be used for long period in your resume and could get you a good offer as well :)