Conversations On India

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  • Summary

  • "Conversations on India" is a deep-dive podcast that navigates through the multi-dimensional socio-political landscape of India. Spearheaded by IITian Shubham Vyas, the podcast is a melting pot of views from specialists, government policy thinkers, and decision-makers, elucidating on diverse topics such as caste discrimination, Hindu nationalism, climate change impacts on India, and more.
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Episodes
  • EP 87: AI Safety Landscape
    Sep 11 2023

    The podcast episode features a discussion between the host and Ishan Sharma, an AI practitioner, on various facets of artificial intelligence, particularly focusing on AI safety. The episode covers the following key points:

    1. AI Safety Debate: Ishan explains the concept of "Grokking" — an AI's deep understanding of data — and suggests that it contributes to mistrust in AI systems. He outlines two main camps in the AI safety debate: AI accelerationists, who downplay risks and advocate for rapid progress, and AI doomers, who emphasize the potentially catastrophic risks of AI.

    2. Primary Concerns: Ishan mentions three major concerns regarding AI safety: unpredictable emergence of capabilities, alignment with human values, and risks from deceptive AI.

    3. Safety Interventions: Various safety measures are proposed, ranging from extreme actions like pausing AI development to more moderate ones like better governance and oversight.

    4. Current Limitations: Ishan points out that current AI systems, like transformer architectures, are nearing their peak performance and that future advancements might require experiential learning akin to human experiences.

    Recorded Sept 10th, 2023.

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    34 mins
  • EP86: Uniform Civil Code and India-US relations
    Jul 4 2023

    Episode 85:
    We talked about
    1. Uniform Civil Code (0:00)
    2. India-US relations (25:01)

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    48 mins
  • E85: G20 summit in Srinagar, Delay in Census 2021 and the tragic Balasore Train Incident
    Jun 11 2023

    Episode 85:
    We talked about
    1. G20 summit in Srinagar (2:50)
    2. Delay in Census 2021 (14:56)
    3. Balasore Train Incident (30:20)

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    49 mins

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