Social impacts of artificial intelligence
Over the next 20 years, the expanding use of artificial intelligence will have a net positive effect on societies worldwide.
NoYes
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18 questionsWealth tax
The UK should impose an annual tax of 1% on each UK-resident individual's worldwide net wealth above £10 million, including property, pensions, financial assets and private-business interests, after deducting debts.
NoYes
Global warming
Human activities—especially burning fossil fuels and deforestation—have been the main cause of the rise in global average temperature since 1950.
NoYes
Death penalty
The death penalty should be abolished for all federal and state crimes in the United States.
NoYes
Socialism and US democracy
If the United States replaced predominantly private ownership of large businesses with predominantly public or worker ownership, its democratic institutions would be substantially weaker twenty years later.
NoYes
The Earth is flat
The Earth is flat.
NoYes
Minimum wage
The standard US federal minimum wage for covered, non-tipped workers aged 20 or older should be increased to at least $15 per hour within five years of enactment.
NoYes
Assisted dying
Adults in England and Wales who have mental capacity and are reasonably expected to die within six months should be legally permitted to obtain medical assistance to end their lives, subject to approval by two independent doctors and an independent review panel.
NoYes
Gaza war
The military and security gains achieved by Israel's campaign in Gaza from 7 October 2023 to the ceasefire beginning 10 October 2025 justified the resulting harm to Palestinian civilians.
NoYes
Nuclear power
The UK should build new nuclear power stations to replace nuclear generating capacity as existing stations retire.
NoYes
Grey Belt housing
When an English local authority cannot otherwise meet its assessed housing need, national planning policy should require it to permit housing development on suitable 'grey belt' land, with at least 50% of the homes designated as affordable housing.
NoYes
Legalisation of controlled drugs in the United States
Throughout the United States, people aged 21 and over should be legally permitted to possess controlled drugs for non-medical use and obtain them from licensed and regulated suppliers.
NoYes