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  • This house would ban social media companies from research and development of large multimodal models.

    Infoslide

    Multimodal models refer to large neural network models like chatGPT, Gemini, etc. that can work with both language and images. Over the past three years, several social media companies have started building them. For e.g., Meta has built the Llama models, X (previously twitter) has built the Grok models. These models tend to often be trained on data collected from the social media, albeit with user consent.

    IUBDC presents Bangladesh Flood Fundraiser 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-30

  • This house, as the scientist, would destroy the blueprint to the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) model.

    Infoslide

    <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You are a scientist which has recently developed a replicable and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) model. The sentient AI can form thoughts based on their own environment, and can feel emotions similar to humans and can constantly evolve based on their own sensory experiences. It is assumed that a similar discovery of such a technology will not happen, and only you are able to replicate this technology.</span>

    Korea Intervarsity Debate Association Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-24

  • This house supports the use of predictive technology in policing.

    Infoslide

    Predictive technology in policing uses data analysis and algorithms to predict potential criminal activity. It relies on large datasets, including historical crime data, geographic information, and social behavior patterns, to forecast where crimes are likely to happen or who is at risk of offending or becoming a victim.

    CUSID High School Nationals 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-08-17

  • This house would only punish criminals if their actions are not in line with the action shown by the machine

    Infoslide

    There is a machine that objectively and quickly determines what actions individuals would take if they were placed in a specific real-life situation. For the purposes of this debate, the machine can get all the relevant context of this situation and it will produce accurate results, which represent the action that most individuals would do in a given context. For example, a person is homeless and stole an apple from a grocery shop. The machine would then extract the context from the said person's action. It would run a simulation, and if the majority of the people, when put in the exact same situation, would "choose" to steal from a grocery shop to feed themselves given the context, the machine would show that result. The majority of the population believes in the objectivity and accuracy of the machine.

    DTU Monsoons 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-16

  • This house opposes America's policy of "small yard, high fence"

    Infoslide

    "Small yard, high fence" refers to America's policy of restricting trade with China in sectors that are considered to be important for national security such as semiconductors, electric vehicles, and AI. The restricted areas within which China is allowed to trade with the US are the "small yard." The "high fence" refers to trade barriers that the US imposes on China such as export controls, sanctions, and preventing investment by American technology companies in China.

    EDS Fall High School Tournament 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-08-10

  • This house prefers EU legislation of AI to legislation imposed by each EU member state

    Infoslide

    The EU Artifical Intelligence Act is legislation that regulates AI Systems on a 'risk-based approach'. Under this Act, the higher the risk to society, the stricter the rules (for example, increased document keeping, greater obligations on users and distributors, increased human intervention and oversight or, in extreme cases, banning the use of the system). This legislation does not apply to military and defence systems.

    Glasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 · ESL Semifinals · 2024-07-31

  • Assuming feasibility, This house would opt for the System.

    Infoslide

    The Sibyl System is a nationalized technological system used to calculate an individual’s tendencies to commit crimes. The System’s primary purpose is to maintain law and order. The System scans a person's thoughts and emotions to determine their propensity to commit crimes. This is quantified in the form of a crime coefficient – the higher the coefficient, the more likely the person will commit a crime, and vice versa. Law enforcement is only able to arrest you and trigger weapons when the System reads that the individual's crime coefficient reading is over the threshold limit. Every citizen in the country is compulsorily injected with the system upon birth.

    Intertext Pro Ams 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-07-27

  • This house would nationalize the development of Generative AI

    Infoslide

    Generative AI is artificial intelligence capable of generating text, images, or other media, using generative models. Generative AI models learn the patterns and structure of their input training data and then generate new data that has similar characteristics. Examples of Generative AI include large language model chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard, text-to-image artificial intelligence art systems such as Midjourney, and DALL-E, and AI systems like MusicGen and Make-a-video which can generate music and videos respectively.

    Guangdong Debate Challenge 2024 · Open Quarter Finals · 2024-07-13

  • This house believes that the state should aggressively fund the creation and adoption of AI companions for childcare purposes as opposed to traditional child care facilities

    Infoslide

    AI companion bots are AI systems designed to interact with humans, providing support and companionship. In childcare, they can be used to assist with educational activities, offer emotional support, monitor safety, and help manage daily routines.

    Asia Novice Debate Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-07-12

  • This house prefers a world where "the singularity" is reached

    Infoslide

    The technological singularity is a hypothetical point in the future when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, leading to unfathomable changes in human civilization. The singularity is often linked to the creation of superintelligent AI—machines that can perform intellectual tasks far better than the best human brains in every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom, and social skills.

    Prague Debate Spring 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-07-11

  • That we support Microsoft’s investment into OpenAI.

    Infoslide

    Microsoft has made a series of investments in OpenAI totalling around US$13billion. Instead of receiving equity in OpenAI, the investment was structured as a "strategic partnership" in which Microsoft receives the exclusive right to integrate some of OpenAI's developments into Microsoft products.

    Jakarta Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2024 · ESL Semifinals · 2024-07-01

  • This house would ban the creation of all artificial conscious beings

    Infoslide

    Consciousness is any subjective experience (including sensory experiences, feelings, thoughts and desires). It is everything that we assume humans or other living beings experience, as opposed to objects. For the purposes of this debate, AI development has advanced to the extent that we are now capable of enabling consciousness in AI, while all other technology remains the same as the status quo.

    Vienna Pre-EUDC 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-06-29