Smack dab in the middle of presidential election debate season, coworking community 1776 hosted a back-and-forth event of its own — although political partisanship was left at the virtual door to instead discuss current topics in the tech community.

Ten women in the tech world came together last week for a debate series hosted by 1776 and CVS to battle it out on topics like AI, biases, innovation and data sharing. The debaters were paired with topics that fit their expertise, but were randomly assigned to a view point and asked to defend the extreme side of that argument.

“In the real world, it’s not black and white — it’s very, very gray,” moderator Vanessa Chan told attendees, “especially with a lot of the controversial topics we’re discussing here today. But it gives us all the opportunity to take a fresh look at these topics.”

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