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  • This House Regrets the rise of "Social Commerce"

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "social commerce" stands for the expansion of social media into e-commerce, integrating shopping features, where users can discover, browse, and purchase products without leaving the app. Examples include Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Shopping, TikTok Shop, etc.

    Ecuadorian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-14

  • This house supports the creation of legal cyber-arms markets

    Infoslide

    The cyber-arms market refers to the trade of software vulnerabilities, exploits, and hacking tools. In recent years, companies such as Zerodium and NSO Group have emerged to operate in the legal segment of this market. These firms acquire exploits both through in-house research and by offering public bounty programs, where they publish price lists detailing substantial payouts, ranging from tens of thousands to millions of dollars, for previously unknown vulnerabilities that meet specific criteria (for example, $1 million for a verified iOS remote code execution exploit)

    Chancellor's Cup 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-08

  • This house supports the use of "Life-like"

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, "Life-like" is a sentient AI system that creates a comprehensive profile of a deceased person's personality, communication style, and behavioral patterns. It learns from content such as videos of the person, their online interactions, language choices, and preferences to build an AI model. The AI is designed to mimic the speech patterns, mannerisms, and knowledge of the deceased individual based on the data it has processed. The AI is designed to mimic the speech patterns, mannerisms, and knowledge of the deceased individual based on the data it has processed. This data is not limited to recently deceased people, it can include content and information about historical figures. Once the initial AI model is created, it can interact with users through various interfaces such as text messaging, voice messages, and phone calls.

    UBC Summer HST 2025 · Junior Semifinals · 2025-11-04

  • This house regrets celebrity culture

    Infoslide

    Celebrity culture occurs when certain individuals (e.g. actors, musicians) become the subject of mass fascination by the public (e.g. have dedicated fan bases, have lots of media attention).

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Novice Pre-Finals · 2025-11-01

  • This House, as Dr. House, would break into the house

    Infoslide

    Dr. House is a doctor treating a patient. He cannot determine how to treat the patient, and firmly believes that the patient is hiding information that would be necessary for determining their condition and saving their life. Thus, he believes that the only way to find this information is to break into the patient's house.

    Costeas-Geitonas School Debate Cup 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This House supports the rise of AI fact-interveners in online political discussions.

    Infoslide

    On the social-media platforms, AIs can interject directly into threads to clarify or fact-check claims made by users. It provides short, sourced explanations, flags factual errors, and keeps track of the conversation, offering context to both sides as the debate evolves.

    South Atlantic Debate Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house prefers a world where a small robot flies beside everyone’s head and scolds people if they violate utilitarian ethics.

    Infoslide

    Utilitarians believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things (such as pleasure and happiness) in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things (such as pain and unhappiness).

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-25

  • This house prefers a world where governments surrendered all decision-making to the Headband of Knowledge

    Infoslide

    The Headband of Knowledge is a machine that estimates the social benefit or harm of any proposed policy for each individual in society. It operates without bias toward a person's identity (e.g. class, race, gender, or social status) and is limited to domestic use, i.e. only one machine may be used per country. The Headband aggregates data and calculates the total pain/happiness generated per citizen per policy option. Each Headband can only be operated by the country’s head of state.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-24

  • This house, as Cronaldo Lessi, would come out of the closet.

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, Cronaldo Lessi has been a prominent professional footballer since the age of 12, having already won many titles and Ballon d’Or awards, and being considered by many one of the best players of the century, even though he has already reached the sport’s usual retirement age. Despite being a public figure, no one knows that Cronaldo Lessi is homosexual, and the footballer has never publicly acknowledged a girlfriend.

    Open Estou Além 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-17

  • This House Would choose to not become a superhero and maintain a normal life

    Infoslide

    You are an average person who has just been bitten by a radioactive housefly. You have developed the ability to fly, super strength, shoot lasers out of your eyes and freeze breath.

    Oxford Schools 2025 · Novice Final · 2025-10-12

  • Assuming the Dreamscape exists, This House Would permit the selling of experiences

    Infoslide

    The Dreamscape is an innovative new technology that allows the transfer of experiences from one person to another. For the purposes of this debate, experiences include both the visual and emotional aspects of the memory.

    Dulwich Schools 2025 · Silver Final · 2025-09-28