rhetoric

AI debate partner

Practice debate against an AI opponent

Rebuttal is a skill you can only sharpen against resistance, but a live opponent who pushes back on what you actually argued is hard to find on demand. Rhetoric is that opponent: pick a motion and a side, argue your case, and get pushed and judged honestly.

An opponent that argues back

The AI opponent runs the round format, steelmans the other side, and, crucially, responds to the specific points you made, not to a generic script. It is the part of debate a machine can genuinely help with: someone to argue against, available the moment you want to practice, at whatever difficulty you set.

Arguments stream in as they're written, so a round feels like a conversation rather than a wait.

A verdict you can actually argue with

After the round, a structured judge scores what matters (argument quality, evidence, logic, clarity, and response discipline) and explains why. The point isn't a flattering number; it's a defensible one you can learn from, with the reasoning shown so you can disagree and improve.

  • Per-dimension scores with written reasoning.
  • Win, loss, or draw, called honestly, never inflated.
  • Saved to your history so you can watch specific skills improve.

Drill the parts, then run the whole round

Winning a debate is really three skills: building a case that's hard to attack, rebutting what was actually said, and delivering with discipline. Rhetoric lets you drill each one, then recombine them in full rounds, including focused prep tools that pressure-test a specific case before a real event.

Pro for text debate, Premium for live spoken sparring

Standard AI debate is part of Pro at $12/mo: you speak or type, the opponent replies in streaming text, and the judge scores the round. Premium ($22.99/mo) adds the live spoken debate mode, voice-to-voice sparring with 60 live audio minutes a month, for people who specifically want to practice out loud against a voice. We never dress a text round up as the live spoken mode.

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Spar until nothing surprises you

Practice debate against an opponent that responds to your real points, and get a scored verdict every round with Rhetoric Pro.

Get Pro at $12/mo