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This House hopes for the advancement of 'Theory of Mind' in AI.
Infoslide

'Theory of Mind' is an area in AI that focuses on building systems that can infer and reason about the mental states of humans. This would allow AI to anticipate behavior, adapt communication, and interact more naturally and ethically. Currently, AI does not truly possess Theory of Mind.

29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-07
This House opposes the pursuit of 'unicorn' status in startups.
Infoslide

In the context of startups, the term 'unicorn' refers to prestigious startups that are valued at over $1 billion.

29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-07
This House opposes the pursuit of 'unicorn' status in startups.
Infoslide

In the context of startups, the term 'unicorn' refers to prestigious startups that are valued at over $1 billion.

29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-07
This house believes that digitalization of travel bring more harm than good
Infoslide

Digitalization of travel refers to the process of integrating digital technologies into all aspects of the travel industry, including: booking, planning, navigation, accommodation and communication.

Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-05-03
This House prefers a world where humans evolved to develop the capability to live and breathe underwater
Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Novice Final · 2025-05-03
This House regrets Grindr's decision to go public
Infoslide

Grindr is the biggest location-based social networking and online dating application targeted towards gay, bisexual and transgender people. On November 2022, Grindr went public and has begun courting investors and making the necessary adjustments to be a public company (e.g: focusing more on monetization and subscription by adding more exclusive features).

The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Semifinals · 2025-05-03
This House would restrict the access to OverTheRainbow exclusively to historically marginalized groups
Infoslide

For the purposes of this debate, OverTheRainbow refers to a fictional virtual existence where human consciousness is consensually uploaded after physical death. On OverTheRainbow, individuals can exist digitally in their ideal form forever or whenever they want to end it with no aging, illness, or disabilities with Infinite opportunities for love, adventure, and personal growth.

The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Open Grand Final · 2025-05-03
This House prefers a world where humans evolved to develop the capability to live and breathe underwater
Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-03
This House believes that non-gendered research in the field of medicine and healthcare has brought more harm than good
Infoslide

"Non-gendered" research refers to research where the subject pool is chosen without regard or record of gender identity, and how diseases and/or drugs may impact people with different genders. Examples of gendered research are autoimmune disorders, alzheimers, certain cancers. Examples of non-gendered research include AIDS, certain generic drugs, etc.

The 2nd Indonesia Wom*n and Gender Minorities: Asian Parli. · Round 3 · 2025-05-03
This house would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental treatments without regulatory approval
Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Schools Finals · 2025-05-02
This house supports the implementation of central bank digital currency (CBDC) by developing countries
Infoslide

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a form of digital currency issued by a country's central bank. It is similar to cryptocurrencies, except that its value is fixed by the central bank and is equivalent to the country's fiat currency. Many countries are developing CBDCs, which can be used for both wholesale and retail purposes. An increase in the use of a CBDC comes at the direct tradeoff to the use of the country's physical cash.

Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-02
A. This house supports the right to be forgotten
- Privacy
- Human Rights
- Law
- Media
- Science/Technology
Infoslide

The right to be forgotten is the right to have data about a person be removed from Internet searches and other directories. It is distinct from the right to privacy, which constitutes information that is not known publicly, whereas the right to be forgotten involves revoking public access to information that was known publicly at a certain time.

Malaysia Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-02
This house would allow their life to be run by AI
Infoslide

An AI can program itself to follow your values, beliefs, and preferences by asking you a series of questions to assess what you believe in. After this assessment, it can use this information to make your future life decisions. However, you may update your preferences if they change in the future.

QUDL Nationals 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-26
This house believes that the rise of sports streaming has done more harm than good
Infoslide

Historically, sports have been broadcasted on cable, both live and recorded, with fans watching them on television. In the recent years, sports leagues have been selling more broadcasting rights to streaming platforms such as Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Netflix.

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-04-26
This house opposes the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking
Infoslide

In recent years, major tech firms have entered into financial services (e.g. digital wallets such as Google Wallet & ApplePay, credit cards such as Apple Card & Apple Pay-Later, loan offerings such as Amazon & Apple Lending) typically covered by traditional banks. Some firms, such as Apple and Google, have indicated interest in opening and operating entirely new banks in the future.

Ottawa Round Robin 2025 · Round 4A · 2025-04-26
This house believes that it is in the interest of the WUDC council to regularly host online WUDCs
49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-04-26
This house prefers a monopoly on media distribution (i.e. Steam with games) over a competitive market (i.e. Netflix, Disney+, HBO, and others with movies and TV)
49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · College Octofinals · 2025-04-26
Assuming it exists, This house would use the Taffy Puller on criminals with sentences that exceed their reasonable lifetime (e.g. a sentence of a century in prison).
Infoslide

The Taffy Puller is a device that is able to simulate a virtual environment that feels indistinguishable from the real world but where the passage of time is extremely slow in comparison. One year in it is equivalent to one minute in the real world. The environment in the Taffy Puller is fully customizable. A person can be hooked onto it indefinitely and be sustained via intravenous sustenance.

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · College Finals · 2025-04-26
This house supports the arrival of a technological singularity
Infoslide

The technological singularity is a possible future event where technology is advanced to a point where humans can no longer predict, control, or stop what happens next. At this point, artificial intelligence could become so powerful that it can think, invent, and implement new things for humanity’s sake without needing human help.

Raul Roco Cup XVII · High School Finals · 2025-04-25
This house believes that the internet is a democratizing force
Raul Roco Cup XVII · Round 5 · 2025-04-25