Chat GPT is an AI chatbot which can generate complex texts in response to prompts. Currently, while some detection mechanisms exist, there are no reliable softwares for discerning between the text it can generate and that written by humans.

A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital version of government-backed currency. They are pegged to a country's currency and are thus considered relatively stable. Users do not need a central bank account to access CBDC. Examples include the Nigerian eNaira, the Indian Digital Rupee, and the Russian Digital Ruble.

Dynamic pricing, also referred to as surge pricing, or time-based pricing, is a pricing strategy in which businesses set flexible prices for products or services based on current market demands, such as how many people are currently trying to purchase the item on a website.

‘Business hours' refers to most businesses operating between 9am and 5pm. A flexible working week involves redistributing the same amount of worked hours to better fit individual schedules.

The 'manosphere' is an online community of people - usually men - who espouse patriarchy, strong gender norms, and toxic masculinity. They reject feminism and left wing ideology, typically being proud misogynists.

For the purposes of this debate, there are two approaches to combating animal extinction. The first is prevention - using breeding programs and strict legal measures to maintain living populations of endangered species. The second is revitalisation - preserving the DNA of endangered or extinct species, then implanting lab-grown embryos of those species in other animals to gestate and then be born. Scientists believe that, using revitalisation, we could bring back the Tasmanian Tiger.

For the purposes of this debate, there are two approaches to environmental activism. Direct activism involves targeting and interrupting practices that harm the environment (e.g. property damage to wood refineries, destruction of environmentally damaging vehicles). Indirect action involves public stunts which garner attention without targeting damaging practices (throwing paint at artworks, mass demonstrations, pitch or red carpet invasions).

For the purposes of this Debate, there are 2 types of Queer narratives in fiction. Optimistic Queer narratives have a lighter, less confronting tone, often focusing on young romance or identity as major themes, and tend to have happy endings for their characters. Tragic Queer narratives have a more gritty tone, spotlighting the discrimination and violence that queer individuals often experience, and tend to be sadder.

Spiritual tourism is about visiting holy and spiritual places of worship belonging to different religions as well as attempting different spiritual practices (e.g. yoga, meditation) even when you are not a member of that religion, to gain spiritual experience and enlightenment to improve once wellbeing in terms of body, mind and spirit.