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Type: Artificial Intelligence ×

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 would rapidly integrate AI in government agencies.
Infoslide

In the US, AI has been used by government agencies to: \- Forecast & review the aftermath of disasters; and \- Provide business insights and interact with medical patients. To do these things, AI utilizes data owned by these government agencies.

29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-07
This House hopes for the utilisation of AI judges in court.
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-07
This House would rapidly integrate AI in government agencies.
Infoslide

In the US, AI has been used by government agencies to: \- Forecast & review the aftermath of disasters; and \- Provide business insights and interact with medical patients. To do these things, AI utilizes data owned by these government agencies.

29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-07
This House believes that teachers and lecturers should promote the usage of AI in academia (e.g teaching effective AI prompting) rather than condemning it (e.g utilizing software to detect AI usage in student work or restricting access to AI on school networks).
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-05-07
This House predicts the obsolescence of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-07
This House believes that teachers and lecturers should promote the usage of AI in academia (e.g teaching effective AI prompting) rather than condemning it (e.g utilizing software to detect AI usage in student work or restricting access to AI on school networks).
- Education/Academia
- Artificial Intelligence
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-05-07
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 hopes for the utilisation of AI judges in court.
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-07
This House predicts the obsolescence of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
29th ALSA English Competition High School Debate 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-07
This House opposes major art schools (such as RISD, Parsons, Pratt, CalArts and SAIC) establishing dedicated AI art degree programs or integrating AI-generated methods into their artistic curricula
Columbia World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 1 · 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
Upon reaching Artificial General Intelligence, This house would grant legal personhood to Artificial Intelligence
Infoslide

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to a type of AI that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks at a level equal to or greater than a human being.

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · College Finals · 2025-04-26
Assuming Feasibility, This house believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be allowed to dictate resource allocation in healthcare (e.g. vaccine allocation, triage), rather than leaving such decisions to humans
QUDL Nationals 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-26
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 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
That we should require AI companies to pay licensing fees to the owners of data they use to train their models.
Melbourne Easters 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-04-21
(A) This house supports the São Paulo governor's plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) in creating classroom content for public schools
Infoslide

The Brazilian public education system coexists with private schools, where private schools are often seen as superior. Many public schools are hindered by insufficient staff and decreased investment due to the latest economic crises. In 2024, the governor of São Paulo, Brazil, announced plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create classroom content for public schools.

Taiwan International Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-19
This house supports the aggressive integration of generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepSeek, etc.) into the education system
Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Under 14 Finals · 2025-04-17
This House predicts that, if human civilization were to collapse, it would be due to climate change rather than to artificial intelligence.
- Climate Change
- Artificial Intelligence
Shanghai International Debate Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-04-17