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Topic of the Year 2026

The Great
AI Debate

Will AI take your job? Should it make art? Who gets to control it?These aren't hypotheticals. They're happening now — and they affect all of us.

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300M+

Jobs exposed to AI automation globally

Goldman Sachs, 2023

3.5 years

Since ChatGPT launched — and AI hasn't slowed down

OpenAI launched Nov 2022

1

Major AI law (EU AI Act) — the rest of the world is still deciding

EU AI Act, Aug 2024

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

AI could cure diseases, democratize education, and unlock human potential. It could also eliminate millions of jobs, concentrate power in a few companies, and put autonomous weapons on battlefields.

Most people are forming opinions from headlines and hot takes. That's not good enough for decisions this big.

We need real arguments, from real people, face to face. Not consensus — conversation.

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