As artificial intelligence races ahead, are we heading toward a future of unimaginable prosperity, or irreversible dangers? In this episode of The India Story Podcast, Vikram Chandra speaks with Professor Nick Bostrom, philosopher and founding director of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, whose book Superintelligence sparked a global debate on AI’s existential risks. Bostrom weighs in on how close we are to human-level AI, why the leap to superintelligence could come faster than expected, and what’s at stake if we get it wrong. With governments, companies, and scientists scrambling to prepare, this conversation couldn’t be more timely.
