* Ability to ignore existing machine learning and associated algorithms, and concomitant ability to develop new algorithms to solve novel AI problems
* Appreciation of the art and science of coding
* Evidence of creative achievement in one or more field
* Evidence of cultivation of “jamais vu” and independence from the zeitgeist.
* Understanding of game theory or evidence of advanced ability in a particular game (may be substituted by deep knowledge of current developments in philosophy, political discourse, or other field that combines linear and intuitive thought)