TECH SWORD-DEBATE

The event started at 11:00 AM with an introduction to the event. Controversial technology themes were chosen to debate on. There would be two rounds of debates in two different topics. The first round’s topic was, “Is Artificial Intelligence the rescue or downfall of society?”. A total of 12 teams participated in this round. Each of the teams was requested to pick a lot to decide if they would debate in favour or against the given topic. Finally, the round officially started with 6 teams for the topic (pro teams) and 6 other teams (con teams) against the topic. The whole of the pro teams was awarded points for relevant arguments against the con teams for the same. Finally, the team with the total number of highest individually awarded points from both the rounds was announced to be the winner, and the team with the second highest points was announced to be the runner.