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  • This House believes that the film industry should embrace Sora

    Infoslide

    Sora is an upcoming generative artificial intelligence model developed by OpenAI, that specializes in text-to-video generation. The model accepts textual descriptions, or prompts, from users and then generates short video clips corresponding to those descriptions. It is recently reported that OpenAI wants more filmmakers to become more familiar with Sora, and has arranged industry-wide meetings prior to Sora's release to the public.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Round 1 · 2024-05-26

  • This House supports the establishment of the West Kalimantan nuclear reactor

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    In March 2023, Indonesia and the U.S. agreed to develop modular reactor technology. The agreement included a $1 million grant to Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to carry out feasibility studies on a nuclear reactor. PLN has proposed a 462-megawatt facility in West Kalimantan, which would use technology supplied by NuScale Power OVS, a public company based in the U.S. NuScale claimed that its technology is more resilient to earthquakes, a significant consideration for civil engineering projects in Indonesia. As of today, Indonesia has three nuclear reactors purely for research purposes, with one each in Banten, Jawa Barat, and DI Yogyakarta.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Novice Finals · 2024-05-26

  • This House regrets humanity's obsession with anti-senescence

    Infoslide

    Anti-senescence is the field of research focused on slowing down or preventing the natural decline associated with aging cells, potentially leading to a longer healthspan and/or more youthful aesthetics.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Round 4 · 2024-05-26

  • This house, as Shinji, would reject Instrumentality

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    The year is 2016. You are Shinji, the son of the leader of a secretive governmental organization known as NERV. NERV's parent organization has recently completed the Human Instumentality Project, which it believes is the next step in humanity's evolution. The Human Instrumentality Project has united the consciousnesses of all of humanity into a single, transcendental being without a physical body that exists outside the material world. Every human being that is part of the Instrumentality Project remains conscious and continues to experience existence, but is part of a greater whole in which they share the memories and experiences of every other human being alive. In Instrumentality, one can no longer experience physical pain or suffering. You possess the capability to reject Instrumentality. If you do, you will return to the physical world as a human being. You know that other human beings also can choose to reject Instrumentality, but you do not know if any will do so.

    Sofia Online Open Part 2 · Round 3 · 2024-05-25

  • This House supports the trend of depoliticization of social networks.

    Infoslide

    In recent years, there has been a noticeable trend of depoliticization on social media. This trend, among other things, includes the deprioritization of political content and news by social media, the ban of political advertisements, and instead the prioritization of entertaining content. Additionally, fewer and fewer social media users are publicly commenting on political issues and sharing news.

    Deni Krejn 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-18

  • This House believes that significant separation between the USA and China is not in the interest of the USA.

    Infoslide

    The separation between the USA and China implies a reduction in interdependence and cooperation between these two countries in various fields. This process, among other things, includes increasing tariffs on many Chinese products, control and export restrictions on high-tech products like chips, limiting Chinese investments in sectors like telecommunications, as well as limiting academic cooperation between American and Chinese universities.

    Deni Krejn 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-18

  • This House Hopes for the widespread adoption of polygenic screening for mental health conditions

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    Polygenic screening refers to genetic screening of IVF embryos prior to implantation by analyzing the embryos' genetic profile and assigning them a risk score. The score can be used to make predictions about how likely that embryo would be to be born with or develop health conditions or traits."

    Athens IV 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-17

  • This house as this archaeologist W visit North Sentinel Island in 2024, and try to establish contact

    Infoslide

    North Sentinel Island is an island that is legally a part of India. Ever since the 19th century, an Indigenous tribe called the Sentinelese have been inhabiting the island. The Sentinelese prefer to be left alone without contact with people from India and around the world, and have killed many people (including tourists) who have approached them. The last time someone not from the island has had a friendly encounter with the Sentinelese was 25 years ago. You are an archaeologist who specializes in isolated communities. You have access to equipment that will keep you safe from being killed, e.g. reinforced vests. If they try to kill you on sight they will fail because of your equipment.

    ETA Debate Tournament 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-05-17

  • This house would join the skibidi toilets.

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    You are a human living in a world full of skibidi toilets and mechanical heads who are fighting a war against each other. Skibidi toilets are toilets with human heads, they are the antagonists of this world, using extreme measures to gain power. They are all brainwashed by the skibidi virus to do this, and so far there is no cure. Your loved ones are all skibidi toilets. On the other side, there are the mechanical heads. They are humans who have appliances instead of heads, such as microwaves, cameras, or speakers. They are currently working on a cure to the skibidi disease and have agreed to take you under their protection. If you join the skibidi toilets, you will become a skibidi toilet. If you join the mechanical heads, you are allowed to remain a human.

    ETA Debate Tournament 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-05-17

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of Germany to continue de-risking policies as a main approach regarding its relations with China.

    Infoslide

    Germany recently announced a plan to decrease economic dependence on China, a strategy known as ‘de-risking’. Specific measures include technological decoupling, tightening investment, and moving manufacturing companies currently in China to elsewhere.

    HDS x SNUDA KIDA National Championships 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-17