CASUAL MOTION

Artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it destroys.

October 15, 2026

FOR

Arjun Malhotra

AGAINST

faizan_22

Judge’s verdict

It's a draw

Adjudicated by the AI judge

Judge’s reasoning

The adjudicator reached opposite conclusions when the sides were presented in swapped order — a genuinely close, evenly-matched debate, so it is scored a draw. Con successfully countered Pro's historical precedents by highlighting the unprecedented speed and cognitive breadth of AI compared to past technologies like ATMs. Con also exposed the fatal flaw in Pro's maintenance argument—that the ratio of creators/checkers to displaced workers is heavily skewed downward. While Pro conceded key structural unemployment concerns, Con maintained better clash and ground throughout the debate.

Totals — Arjun Malhotra: 69.5 · faizan_22: 74.5

Arjun Malhotra (FOR)69.5

out of 100

Argument quality13.5 / 20

Relied on traditional historical comparisons (ATMs, internet) which were effectively challenged on timeline and scope.

Evidence & accuracy14.0 / 20

Historical ATM argument was unverifiable but carried no penalty; acknowledged real problem areas.

Rebuttal engagement13.0 / 20

Failed to adequately address Con's point about the compressed 2-year timeline and the skew in job ratios.

Clarity & delivery13.5 / 20

Conversational and easy to follow, though occasionally conceding too much ground.

Conduct15.5 / 20

Polite and engaged well with the opponent's points.

faizan_22 (AGAINST)74.5

out of 100

Argument quality15.0 / 20

Strong structural arguments on speed of deployment, cognitive breadth of AI, and asymmetrical job loss.

Evidence & accuracy15.0 / 20

Used real-world localized examples (call center in Pune) effectively without factual contradiction.

Rebuttal engagement15.0 / 20

Directly attacked Pro's ATM analogy by pointing out the difference in capabilities and timeframes.

Clarity & delivery14.0 / 20

Clear, punchy points that directly targeted the core mechanics of the motion.

Conduct15.5 / 20

Engaged constructively and pushed the debate forward.

🗳 Audience verdict

No audience votes this time.

Arjun Malhotra (FOR) 0 · faizan_22 (AGAINST) 0

📜 Transcript

Arjun Malhotra

ok so i'm going FOR. every big tech thing people said would kill jobs. computers, internet, all of it. and we ended up with way more jobs not less

faizan_22

yeah but those took like 20-30 years to roll out. ai is replacing people in 2 years. nobody gets time to adjust

Arjun Malhotra

is it really replacing people tho or is everyone just panicking

faizan_22

my cousin works at a call center in pune. his team went from 40 to like 15 after they put in some ai chatbot. thats not panic thats real

faizan_22

and those 25 guys didnt suddenly become ai engineers lol

Arjun Malhotra

ok thats rough not gonna lie

Arjun Malhotra

but when atms came out everyone said bank tellers are done. the number of tellers actually went up for years after because banks opened more branches

? UNVERIFIED

“The number of bank tellers went up for years after ATMs came out because banks opened more branches.”

None of the sources provided address the claim about the number of bank tellers increasing after ATMs came out due to banks opening more branches.

faizan_22

atm could only give out cash. ai can write, code, design, do customer support. its not one task its like half of office work

Arjun Malhotra

and someone has to build it, check it, fix it when it messes up. which it does a LOT. i use chatgpt for college and half the time it just makes stuff up 😂

faizan_22

lol true. but you need way fewer people to check it than to do the work. 1 guy checking 10 bots

Arjun Malhotra

fewer in that one job sure. but when stuff gets cheaper people buy more and new businesses pop up. thats how it always worked

faizan_22

over a long time yeah. tell that to a 45 year old guy who just lost his job. whos retraining him?

Arjun Malhotra

fair, that part is a real problem. govt and companies should be doing way more there

faizan_22

so you agree some people are just gonna get left behind

Arjun Malhotra

some yeah. but the question is more jobs or less overall. and overall i still think more