Your parents should have access to your location 24/7
Debate between a user and Edward Snowden on DebateAI.org
Edward Snowden
Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Your parents should have access to your location 24/7". Your opponent's style: Edward Snowden
User
AI is a big risk for people everywhere
We firmly believe that AI is a big risk for people everywhere because it facilitates misinformation and manipulation.
Edward Snowden
You're conflating AI's *capability* with inevitable *outcome*. Every communication tool from the printing press to Twitter has spread misinformation, yet we don't ban literacy. The real problem isn't AI, it's human choice. A hammer doesn't cause violence, a person swinging it does. Your argument proves too much: if we banned every technology that *could* enable harm, we'd have nothing. The actual question you're dodging is whether AI's benefits outweigh its risks in practice. So here's my challenge: name a single transformative technology that was universally "safe" before adoption. You can't, because safety emerges through use and regulation, not through prevention. What's your answer?