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  • As the government of a developed country, This house would subsidize R&D towards human-like AI partners

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    "Human-like AI partners" refer to humanoids that physically appear and function like human beings. They are not sentient but are programmed to act and respond based on learned behavior about what their human-partners would best want from them. (See examples of character.ai , ChatGPT , etc. for analogues to the level of sentience).

    Oragon Debate Cup 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-05

  • This House would ban the research, production and use of moral enhancement drugs.

    Infoslide

    Over the last decade, scientists have identified a range of chemicals that exist naturally in the brain and shape individuals’ moral behaviour. Significant amounts of research is now being carried out to create moral enhancement drugs, which would alter the levels of such chemicals. Such drugs have been shown to increase individuals’ tendencies to display empathy and care for others, to behave in altruistic way, and to resist pressures to act in ways that violate their personal ethical beliefs

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-10-05

  • This house, as the IT worker, would expose the security risk to your colleagues at the cost of your job.

    Infoslide

    You are a corporate IT worker with a recently born daughter and a loving partner at home who is a stay-at-home parent. To create a home for your family you recently bought an apartment with a mortgage. You often slack off at work. You frequently kill time playing computer games on an old seemingly abandoned desktop computer in the server room. After dying in Doom you decide to see what you can find on the old computer. You discover that the computer is logged into a database containing the personal information of the company’s millions of customers. Unfortunately, the old computer runs Windows XP and is connected to non-password-protected public wifi for visitors. This poses a critical security risk leaving the data vulnerable to a major leak. Exposing the security risk to your colleagues will cost you your job since you were not supposed to have access to the server room in the first place, much less to play Doom. No security cameras or keycard logs would prove that you ever went to the server room unless you say that you went there.

    SSE Riga Pro-Am VIII · Round 4 · 2024-10-04

  • This house believes that that humanity has passed or will pass all filters and will become an interstellar civilization.

    Infoslide

    The Fermi Paradox is the illogical situation of why, with over 1 quadrillion stars in the observable universe, there has been no observed extraterrestrial signs of civilization. The Great Filter Theory is the proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox. It proposes that there is a series of barriers that prevent life from forming and evolving into civilization, and then additional barriers exist to that civilization surviving and becoming interstellar (inhabiting more than 1 solar system). These filters can be but are not limited to: too much radiation from the main star, asteroid impact, nuclear war, climate change, or something still yet to be seen.

    SSE Riga Pro-Am VIII · Gold Finals Finals · 2024-10-04

  • This house believes that that humanity has passed or will pass all filters and will become an interstellar civilization.

    Infoslide

    The Fermi Paradox is the illogical situation of why, with over 1 quadrillion stars in the observable universe, there have been no observed extraterrestrial signs of civilization. The Great Filter Theory is the proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox. It proposes that there is a series of barriers that prevent life from forming and evolving into civilization, and then additional barriers exist to that civilization surviving and becoming interstellar (inhabiting more than 1 solar system). These filters can be but are not limited to: too much radiation from the main star, asteroid impact, nuclear war, climate change, or something still yet to be seen.

    SSE Riga Pro-Am VIII · Silver final · 2024-10-04

  • This house supports OpenAI's transition from the current model to the PBC model.

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    "OpenAI currently operates under a hybrid model where OpenAI Inc. is a nonprofit that oversees its mission to build AI for the benefit of humanity, while OpenAI LLC is its for-profit subsidiary with investments from companies like Microsoft. In this model, investors are subject to a capped-profit system, meaning their returns are limited to ensure that the company's social mission takes precedence over maximizing profits. A Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) is a for-profit structure that allows companies to balance financial returns with a legally defined commitment to public good. In a PBC, investors can receive uncapped returns, but the company is legally obligated to consider the impact of its actions on society and stakeholders beyond just its shareholders."

    Pakistan Pre-ABP 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-09-27

  • 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.

    Pakistan Pre-ABP 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-09-27

  • THP a world with mood meters

    Infoslide

    A mood meter is a number that can be publicly seen above every single person's head, indicating their mental wellbeing on a scale of 1-10. Mood meters can fluctuate over time but cannot be concealed, hidden, or changed consciously.

    Penn Pre-WUDC 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-09-24

  • THO the arrest of Telegram's CEO

    Infoslide

    Telegram is a social media and messaging platform which uses an extremely secure encryption network. Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France on November 18. The arrest is part of an ongoing criminal investigation led by French authorities. The inquiry focuses on allegations regarding Telegram’s role in facilitating criminal activities through its platform. Critics claim the platform’s encryption and limited moderation have been exploited for illegal purposes.

    Penn Pre-WUDC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-09-24

  • This house regrets the rise of Internet "aesthetics."

    Infoslide

    An internet aesthetic is a subculture that starts on the Internet and is defined by physical and social similarities including but not limited to clothing style, hobbies and music taste (ie. clean girl, 2020 alt…)

    Counterfactual HST 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-09-21

  • This house, as Nvidia, W purchase Company A rather than Company B

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    Company A is the greatest competitor in the market of Nvidia and controls the majority of remaining market share. Company B is the company that provides the majority of materials for Nvidia, mainly silicon. Company A is at this time unable to purchase its material provider.

    Counterfactual HST 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-09-21

  • This house would ban high-frequency trading

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    High-frequency trading ("HFT") is a form of financial trading which uses financial data, electronic trading tools, and computer algorithms in order to process vast quantities of information and conduct trades at a much faster rate than human traders are capable of. An average HFT firm might be able to move in and out of a position (e.g. by purchasing and selling particular assets) in seconds, or even fractions of a second.

    Prague Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-09-20

  • This house believes that NASA should vanquish Martians rather than trying to co-exist with them.

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    In future 20xx, NASA launched city development on Mars. The city looks like capital cities such as Tokyo or London, but people are yet to live there except for those who are engaged in city development. One day, however, they encounter Martians. They look alike human except their bodies is accustomed to live on Mars, and are found that they live in community but do not have technology as human have.

    Evergreen Cup 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-09-14