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  • This house prefers AI global governance to prioritize stable bristlemouth population over stable human population

    Infoslide

    Bristlemouths are the most numerous vertebrate on Earth, with hundreds of trillions or even quadrillions swimming in the twilight zone. They are a type of fish. AI global governance refers to a futuristic government in which AI has taken over the world global order. This means all major human governments have collapsed, disbanded, or are substantially less powerful and relevant. For the purpose of this debate, this AI global governance was not elected by humans and aims to provide for the good of the world.

    Ridge Debate Tournament 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-17

  • That we prefer a world where social media algorithms are open source.

    Infoslide

    Open-source software is released under a licence, in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. The code can then be used and updated by anyone, with any publicly posted enhancements also being usable by anyone, including the original developers.

    Sorensen's 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-07

  • This House supports the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots

    Infoslide

    Deadly Autonomous Robots are a type of military system programmed to independently make decisions regarding the identification and attack of targets, using various sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms. This technology enables these robots to operate without direct human control or supervision during operations.

    Debatni turnir Zenit 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-04

  • This house, as OpenAI, would focus on developing Small Language Models (SLMs) instead of GPT 5

    Infoslide

    Small Language Models (SLM) have fewer parameters and don't require as much data to train. SLMs have more narrow and specific applications, and are meant for simpler tasks. For example, language translation.<br><br>Large Language Models (LLM), such as GPT 5.0 which is currently under development, require much larger datasets and have more parameters. Large language models are more suited for applications that need orchestration of complex tasks involving advanced reasoning, data analysis and understanding of context.

    De La Salle Pre-UADC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-03

  • This house believes that the AI race does more harm than good

    Infoslide

    Tech giants Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta have been racing towards AI development by heavily prioritising it within their companies. Examples of efforts to prioritise it include rebranding, and restructuring departments in order to give more resources to AI development teams.

    De La Salle Pre-UADC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-03

  • This house opposes the rising prevalence of ghost work

    Infoslide

    "Ghost work" is task-based, content-driven work that is funnelled through the internet and is often done anonymously and on a contract basis. This kind of work can include but is not limited to labelling, editing, moderating, and sorting information or content. Increasingly, companies such as Amazon have begun replacing their regular workers with ghost workers.

    De La Salle Pre-UADC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-03

  • This house regrets the development of AI software engineers

    Infoslide

    Devin is the world's first AI software engineer to automate software engineering work by planning and executing thousands of decisions to develop new programs and fix bugs. It can recall context at every step, fix its mistakes, and accept feedback from users in real time. Devin fixes 13.86% of real-world software issues end-to-end, far exceeding the previous state-of-the-art of 1.96%.

    University of Waterloo HST 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-04-27

  • This house, as the engineer, W choose to destroy the machine

    Infoslide

    You are an engineer. Your corporation has secretly developed a machine that can unerringly predict the future of all newborn children, such as whether or not the child grows up to be a serial killer or a doctor who can cure cancer. The government gets wind of this invention and compels you to hand over this machine.

    UT MARA Novice AP 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-04-26

  • This house would actively invest in the development, upkeep, and distribution of Nightshade.

    Infoslide

    Nightshade is a program developed at the University of Chicago which is designed to help artists protect their art from being used as learning data for generative AI. It works by introducing a set of minimal changes to artworks, such that it appears unchanged to the human eye but dramatically different to AI models, making them actively harmful to AI learning.

    JPDU Spring Tournament 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-04-13

  • I prefer a world where everyone would have access to their own "Life Statistics".

    Infoslide

    "Life statistics" is a technology that constantly tracks statistics related to observable behaviors and actions of a person throughout their entire life. This does not require manual input or engagement on the part of the person, it is always active, it updates, and it is aware of all the actions the person takes (such as the time spent on performing certain tasks, the number of times a particular action is performed, and other behavior trends).

    Poznań Debatuje 2024 | Polska Liga Debat · Novice Finals · 2024-04-12

  • That we support synthetic performers

    Infoslide

    A synthetic performer is an AI generated performer made to look as lifelike as possible, to the point where you cannot tell the difference. However, synthetic performers are NOT based on a specifc real person. This is distinguishable from a digital replica, which is an AI generated performer based on a real person, eg Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Synthetic performers are also distinguishable from computer-generated animation

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-04-01

  • This house prefers a world where love is quantifiable.

    Infoslide

    In a world where love is quantifiable, relationships thrive on data-driven insights. Various tools offer a detailed understanding of relationship dynamics, i.e., apps that track interactions and wearable devices that monitor physiological responses. These technologies log conversations and shared activities, enabling partners to evaluate their relationship using concrete data.

    IIT Kanpur APD 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-03-29

  • This house regrets Deepseek's development and release

    Infoslide

    On 20 January, a Chinese AI startup called DeepSeek released their open-source language model. While DeepSeek's capabilities are comparable to models such as Open AI's ChatGPT, it was much cheaper to develop and requires significantly less processing power. Deepkseek's capacity and early release shocked both western policmakers and AI markets.

    Spring Challenge Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2024-03-29

  • This house, as the Panopticon government, would redistribute happiness

    Infoslide

    Panopticon is a futuristic technocratic state. The government has discovered a technology which can quantify and measure, with certainty, the happiness levels of every single living unit within its borders at any given point in time. It can also identify groups that are likelier to experience happiness.

    Manila Pro-Am 2024: Pre-UADC · Round 3 · 2024-03-23