Could AI destroy humanity? | What’s happening in Telangana politics? | South Central 93

In this week's South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna explore whether AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, and what regulation and the debate over whether AI development needs to slow down.

They are joined by Sarayu Natarajan, founder of Aapti Institute and Visiting Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Deepthi Bathini, AI Policy and Strategy Fellow at Successif and Associate Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University.

In the second part of the episode, the hosts turn to the political developments in Telangana, including the ruckus during the Assembly session, the BRS-Congress confrontation and the growing questions over Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s control over both the government and the party.

They are joined by senior Deccan Herald assistant editor SNV Sudhir, who covers Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Audio timecodes:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:39 - Headlines

00:09:17 - Warnings about the risks of AI

00:48:12 - Current political scenario in Telangana

1:10:15 - Recommendations

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