# Artificial intelligence

Who gets to decide what intelligent machines should do?

## Context

This topic brings together debates about AI accountability, creative work, model behaviour and decisions delegated to machines. The recurring question is not simply whether a system can perform a task, but what evidence, oversight and responsibility should accompany that use.

Our proposed episodes examine competing values rather than promise a single technical answer. Read each debate brief for the motion, questions and format. Published episodes can add primary sources, an edited transcript and corrections.

A character speaking confidently is not evidence. Model-versus-model episodes are entertainment with disclosed configurations, not independent scientific benchmarks.

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