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Read the cases, hear other perspectives and add your own response.

Compare the case for lasting job displacement with the case for new demand, occupations and human adaptability.

Consider whether universal basic income is an effective response to changes in work, alongside its costs and alternatives.

Examine how the benefits of AI should be shared among companies, workers, data contributors and the public.

Weigh the case for slowing frontier development against the benefits and practical challenges of continued progress.

Debate the balance between public safety, privacy, accountability and the use of automated surveillance.

Consider whether decisions to use lethal force should remain under human control and how a ban could work.

Explore what makes a work creative, the role of human intention and how AI changes authorship.

Compare the potential for wider access to useful tools with the risk of concentrating wealth and power.

Weigh potential uses in energy and climate work against the resources required to build and run AI systems.

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