The video offers arguments for why one day the rights of robots may need to be considered, as it points out the rapid development of technology and how humans have yet to truly understand what does make a being conscience. It serves as a helpful foundation for discussion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHyUYg8X31c

SciShow video - "The AI Gaming Revolution"

The video highlights the timeline of how AI has developed over the years, specifically in its ability to play complicated board games, such as chess, which require complex thinking of many outcomes and thinking ahead to future moves. AI learns through "heuristics", which is the selection of choices that "may not be the best, but are good enough". Eventually, an AI called Deep Blue was able to learn enough to calculate moves complex and fast enough to defeat the world champion chess player, Garry Kasparov, in 1997. This shows how AI has, in the grand scheme of things, advanced quite quickly, and how it continues to learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhec39dVGDE

SciShow video - "AI vs. Human: The Greatest Go Tournament Ever"

The video informs about how artificial intelligence learned to become exceptional at an extraordinarily complicated game called Go. By repeatedly playing games against itself, the AI was able to learn and continuously apply its advancing skills to each game. Eventually, the AI, called Alpha Go, was pitted against the world champion Go player in five matches, in which the AI won every game. The information within the video encourages recognition of the learning capabilities of AI, which may eventually be applied to whether or not it could one day use these abilities to become conscience (or perhaps merely mimic what we would expect it to look like...?).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsbQ_HNX6Pg

SciShow Video - "The Next X Prize - Artificial Intelligence"

The video from SciShow discusses how now even the public is contributing to the advancement of artificial intelligence. Specifically, a contest is being held in which a robot will give a speech, with the goal of mimicking a human. Furthermore, the video provided background information, such as informing about the "Turing Test", a test in which artificial intelligence is analyzed as being able or unable to convince humans that the robot is human (which numerous robots have already done). In this way, the video serves to exemplify just how rapidly technology, in this case specifically artificial technology, is advancing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBSS61XaAIc

Crash Course Philosophy Videos - "Personhood" and "Artificial Intelligence and Personhood"

These two videos from Crash Course provide background on how society has no completely accepted, standard in determining what is considered a "person". It provides examples that have no obvious answers, creating thought provoking consideration for the topic. Some requirements for "personhood" include nonhumans, such as Koko the gorilla, and in the future potentially aliens or artificial intelligence. Some standards may actually exclude humans, such as fetuses or those who have committed crimes heinous enough to result in them forfeiting their "personhood". These thoughts can be applied as a fascinating, thought provoking supplement to the artificial intelligence rights debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39EdqUbj92U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxM9BZeRrUI

Vsauce Video - "What Is 

Gives points that display why the issue of "personhood" should be discussed, such as that humans don't even fully understand consciousness in themselves, that other humans may be philosophical zombies, and that humans simply may never have an answer to these dilemmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjfaoe847qQ

The source provides a timeline of the development of genetic modification, especially pointing out the positives, such as increasing the food supply and for medical applications. It then goes on to explain how CRISPR works, and how it can be used to revolutionize the science. After informing about the past and present, the source provides insight on a potential future with genetic engineering, especially emphasizing how it can have phenomenal effects in fighting an immense amount of diseases. It provides further possible applications, in which humans may eventually be genetically modified for other purposes, such as an enhanced metabolism, heightened intelligence, keener senses, certain features of appearance, and so on. Though it provides much optimism, the source also points out potential risks of the technology, such as errors whilst making edits, creating unknown consequences, or the forcing of gene editing on subjects by corrupt regimes. The video then insists that it is imperative that genetic modification is not banned, banning it will likely result in it going on a secretive, dark, path, when it should actually be allowed but responsibly done and monitored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhjPd4uNFY

SciShow's video: "CRISPR: A Gene-Editing Superpower"

The source explains the significance of CRISPR in the field of genetic engineering as a new tool that can be used to make many strides in the science, as it makes genetic modification faster, cheaper, and more accurate. After saying that it may be exciting, it then warns that there could potentially be consequences, a at times wrong edits are still made. Yet it still does highlight positives of the science, especially for medical applications such as immunotherapy. It also brings up another interesting applicationL the extermination of mosquitos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfA_jAKV29g

The video pushes a primarily pro-GMO stance, as it points out many positives, such as increasing the food supply and the resistance of crops to pests and herbicides. However, it does acknowledge the fuzzy legal issue of when GMO crops owned by a particular company naturally spread to other's fields. It is difficult to stop, but the GMO crop on one person's property technically is owned by someone else. As the video does not truly answer the question, it could serve as an interesting topic of discussion, as it is a matter that should be resolved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TmcXYp8xu4

Article gives information on a technology called "Watson", which is being developed to process huge pools of information to make diagnoses. Though some may see this as a helpful tool, others may fear the competition the technology will have with human doctors. It provides insight as to a potential future application of such technology, which could be utilized as a useful base for further discussion.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/the-robot-will-see-you-now/309216/

"Travel agents to translators... the toll of jobs taken by robots."

Article highlights some of the jobs most at risk, as well as some that appear to currently be safe. This could be used as an argument for why regulations should be created to protect humans from being outcompeted by robots. By pointing out particular jobs impacted, it allows for more perspectives to be taken on the subject as well.

James, Salmon. "Travel Agents to Translators... The Toll of Jobs Taken by Robots." Daily Mail, 15 May 2017, p. 11. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=keh&AN=123020782&site=ehost-live.

http://news.gallup.com/poll/179288/new-era-communication-americans.aspx

Pew Research's "Social Media Usage: 2005-2015"

The article states that in 2015 65% of American adults used social media, which is a near tenfold jump since 2005. This shows how technology and the internet are becoming a significantly more widespread medium of communication, meaning that a website would be a suitable vehicle of discussion.

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/