Academics on Mars
A New Kind of School
We believe everyone should know how to build their own personal AIs that help them live, learn, and thrive in a place like Mars. That self-reliance extends to technology; we learn how these tools work to master new domains and bring ambitious projects to life.
Creative AI School
The Creative AI school is a 6-week crash course on applying AI tools to personal research, art, and learning. The course specializes in creative agents, AI assistants that produce art, film, music, and other creative media. We explore how to collaborate with these agents, guiding them to generate novel ideas and build autonomous systems for creative production.
Vibe Coding
A bootcamp / nocode engineering school where we learn to build computer applications with an ease previously available only to software engineers.
Film Academy
A filmmaker co-op focused on using generative AI towards making films, commercials, and other media. The academy will produce the 4th annual Mars Film Festival.
Game Jam
A focused game development and playtesting group exploring the possibilities of generative AI in digital and physical games.
Campus Life
We build our own auditorium, gallery, library, and other common spaces that Martians can own and activate for workshops, installations, and community events.
The Mars Semester
Jan 12
Ideas Week
A Mars tradition to introduce yourself and your passions to the community. Share projects you want to build, topics you want to learn, or workshops you could give.
Jan 19 - Feb 19
Bootcamp
The first half of the Mars program is a structured bootcamp, an intensive on gaining expertise in AI, containing lectures and workshops in AI fundamentals, tooling, agents, vibe coding, and other such topics.
Feb 21-22
Day 45
A creative hackathon followed by midterm presentations. Showcase your progress and lay out a study plan for the second half of the semester.
Feb 23 - Mar 26
Finals Sprint
More open-ended time to pursue solo and collaborative projects aimed towards the final showcase.
Mar 27 - 30
Mars Electronica: The Final Showcase
The culmination of the semester's work, featuring a multi-day festival of technology, art, and ideas.
Mars Electronica
The semester culminates in a multi-day festival of technology, art, and ideas.
Gallery
prepared by Martians for final exhibition
Film Festival
4th annual experimental AI film festival
Exhibition
The final presentation
Ready to Build the Future?
Propose a project, a workshop, or a new way of living. Join us in creating a new model for education and community.
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