I think you ran it fine, I think it was just less interesting than other debate topics as there’s just so much uncertainty and so many assumptions made to make progress. It feels more like a topic which one can muse on, rather than a meaningful debate where you can make strong arguments and counterarguments. I read as couple of the articles and found them interesting, but couldn’t really strongly agree or disagree because any article about AI and animals will be based on tenuous assumptions.
That 2 topics were excluded after a vote was also a bit of a downbuzz for me at least. Just didn’t feel like exactly what the community here was keen to get stuck into at that time.
If you are going to run a poll, I think it’s best to run with the top polled topic. Otherwise perhaps just canvas ideas and decide the topics as a forum team
I think you ran it fine, I think it was just less interesting than other debate topics as there’s just so much uncertainty and so many assumptions made to make progress. It feels more like a topic which one can muse on, rather than a meaningful debate where you can make strong arguments and counterarguments. I read as couple of the articles and found them interesting, but couldn’t really strongly agree or disagree because any article about AI and animals will be based on tenuous assumptions.
That 2 topics were excluded after a vote was also a bit of a downbuzz for me at least. Just didn’t feel like exactly what the community here was keen to get stuck into at that time.
If you are going to run a poll, I think it’s best to run with the top polled topic. Otherwise perhaps just canvas ideas and decide the topics as a forum team