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  • This house believes that the use of advanced artificial intelligence in conflicts (lethal autonomous drone strikes, AI-enabled cyberattacks on enemy combatants, logistics and supply line planning, engine failure detection, etc) will do more harm than good

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    AIV 2023 · 2 · 2023-03-18

  • This House Regrets the rise of open-source artificial intelligence (e.g., DALL-E, DeepSwap, etc.)

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    Open-source artificial intelligence is free and unregulated technology that can be used by anyone for commercial and non commercial purposes.

    46th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 2 · 2023-03-17

  • This house supports Anonymous in its retaliation against injustice where the state seems unwilling or unable to do so

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    Hacktivism refers to the use of computer hacking skills, cyber techniques, and digital tools to promote, advance, or protest a social, political, or environmental issue. Hacktivists, or individuals who engage in hacktivism, often employ tactics such as website defacement, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, data breaches, or the release of sensitive or confidential information to make a statement or raise awareness about a cause. Anonymous, a group of hacktivist, employs coordinated cyberattacks against various world governments, corporations or other groups, often in the name of social or political causes. On February 25, 2022, Anonymous declared that they had launched 'cyber operations' against the Russian Federation, in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine ordered by Russian president Vladimir Putin. Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for various cyberattacks that disabled websites and leaked data from Russian government agencies

    JDO 2023 · 2 · 2023-03-17

  • That art generated by artificial intelligence (e.g. images, paintings, poetry, text) which is specifically based on the work of an artist should be legally considered intellectual property of that artist

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    Intellectual Property Law (otherwise known as copyright law) protects the ability of an individual to own and profit from their own creativity and intellectual effort. For example, IP law often protects artists from having their profits stolen off them by someone else who might copy lyrics of their song. For the purposes of this motion, if someone were to generate art from artificial intelligence "in the style of Vincent Van Gogh", intellectual property of that art would lie solely at the hands of Vincent Van Gogh.

    Eastside Debating Competition 2023 Year 12 · Round 1 · 2023-03-17

  • This House believes that Japan should seek to address its aging population crisis by focusing on opening its border to more immigrants, investing in automation, and encourage longer working lives as opposed to encouraging a higher birth rate (e.g. subsidies for child care, baby bonuses, paternity leave)

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    Japan is facing an aging population crisis, characterized by a rapidly increasing proportion of elderly citizens, a declining irth rate, and a shrinking workforce. This demographic shift is a result of several factors, including increasing life expectancy and low fertility rates.

    JDO 2023 · Schools Quarterfinals · 2023-03-17

  • This House Believes that Western tech companies should enter into authoritarian markets, even at the expense of conforming to local laws and regulations (e.g China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar)

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    For the purpose of this debate, the 'test of God' refers to the narrative in which religious followers are taught that their difficulties in life (which may include but are not limited to personal struggles, relationship woes, economic difficulties, natural disasters) are tests of God through which their spiritual and emotional strengths are tested.

    LUMS IV 2023 · 4 · 2023-03-10

  • This house believes that schools should allow students to use ChatGPT when writing essays and assignments .

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    Chat GP(a) is an artificial intelligence (AI)chatbot developed in 2022. Although its core function is to mimic a human conversationalist , ChatGPT is versatile. It can mimic the style of celebrity CEOs, compose music, teleplays,fairy tales and student essays and answer test questions ,( sometimes,depending on the test , at a level above the average human test -taker ), write poetry and song lyrics and simulate an ATM among other things. ChatGPT’s training data includes man pages and information about internet phenomena and programming languages .

    Association of Trust Schools Senior Debate Championship 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-02-28

  • This house supports the rise of AI in therapy and mental healthcare provision.

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    The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the emergence of AI-based mental health services, such as support chatbots and virtual therapists. For example, Woebot, an AI-based chatbot, provides evidence-based therapy for depression and anxiety, and Wysa advertising itself as "an AI chatbot which makes you feel heard."

    Western Winter HST 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-02-24

  • THS the use of AI art generators to revive and sustain disappearing cultural art styles (example: Rogan Painting)

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    Rogan Painting is a cloth printing art practiced in regions of India since 400 years ago. Paint made from boiled oil and vegetable dye is hand-painted onto fabric in intricate designs with motifs such as the tree of life. Rogan painting almost went extinct in the early 21st century as cheaper, machine-made textiles became widely accessible and only one family was left practicing the art form. The local government and non-profit groups have attempted to revive Rogan painting by training young artists and setting up online shops for local artisans. Nowadays, the art is primarily purchased by tourists and artisans have adapted by painting accessories, home decoration, and masks instead of traditional cloth. COVID heavily reduced the market for Rogan painting, and several trainees abandoned the craft due to financial stress.

    Hart House High Schools 2023 · No Round · 2023-02-18