The Great AI Debate
How will artificial intelligence change work, creativity and public life? Follow the debates, compare the cases and join the conversation.
Questions to debate
Economy & work
Will AI eliminate more jobs than it creates?
Compare the case for lasting job displacement with the case for new demand, occupations and human adaptability.
Explore the questionShould governments implement UBI as a response to AI?
Consider whether universal basic income is an effective response to changes in work, alongside its costs and alternatives.
Explore the questionWho should own the economic gains from AI?
Examine how the benefits of AI should be shared among companies, workers, data contributors and the public.
Explore the questionPower & society
Should AI development be paused?
Weigh the case for slowing frontier development against the benefits and practical challenges of continued progress.
Explore the questionIs AI surveillance worth the trade-off?
Debate the balance between public safety, privacy, accountability and the use of automated surveillance.
Explore the questionShould autonomous weapons be banned?
Consider whether decisions to use lethal force should remain under human control and how a ban could work.
Explore the questionCreativity & the future
Is AI-generated art real art?
Explore what makes a work creative, the role of human intention and how AI changes authorship.
Explore the questionWill AI widen or narrow global inequality?
Compare the potential for wider access to useful tools with the risk of concentrating wealth and power.
Explore the questionShould we use AI to fight climate change — even if AI itself is an energy hog?
Weigh potential uses in energy and climate work against the resources required to build and run AI systems.
Explore the questionTake part in a live debate
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