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Speeches, essays, and live debate rounds from past Global AI Debates.

Spring 2026

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Senior Speech Finals · Live

Three high school students take on the FLI Statement on Superintelligence

"We support the Future of Life Institute Statement on Superintelligence"

Each speaker prepared independently and presented live to a panel of judges drawn from AI safety, ethics, and policy institutions. The three speeches reach different conclusions.

1st Elaine Kim · NAVI Debate 2nd Eugene Choi · NAVI Debate 3rd Rora Kim · NAVI Debate

Top Essays · Essay & Debate

1st Place Against the Statement

Sahayu Raja, Ameen Patel, Eric Shen, Yaesh Alimchandani & Pranav Elaprolu

Irvington High School

"The premise of a ban on ASI may be fruitful in an ideal world, but its development is inevitable due to global competition."

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Debate Champions Against the Statement

Daniel Chou, Jemin Jeon & Milo Takemoto

Foothill High School

"Prohibiting ASI development endangers humanity by incentivizing global conflicts, squandering opportunities to fix job displacement, and underscoring the idea that human meaning derives from productivity."

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2nd Place Against Navneet Prakash, Max Zhang & Derek Liu · Irvington High School Read

3rd · Tied For Rose Cupido & Lesedi Mabokano · Atheneum Youth, South Africa Read

3rd · Tied Against Keika Hirono & Shion Yagi · Japan Read

5th · Tied Against Johannah Teshome & Maya Verster · Atheneum Youth, South Africa Read

All six essays with verbatim theses and excerpts: View the full table