Sounds pretty much like how human debates are already structured:

1. Grab key points from influential books and articles to create templated responses

2. Do no original research and thus be completely unable to rebut criticisms of the source data or analysis

3. Counter #2 above by falling back on crowd-pleasing templated responses, forcing the moderator to move the debate along

4. Never, ever concede anything, because "debates" are no longer about listening to an argument and carefully considering their merits, it is a time-boxed verbal combat sport where there must be a winner and a loser.