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Global Politics Young Voices #168

AI, Super Intelligence, AI Arms Race and Frugal AI: The Contemporary Debate on the Artificial Intelligence | Next-Generation Dialogue on Emerging Technologies

10 October 2026

National Institute of Advanced Studies
GPYV Discussion #168
AI, Super Intelligence, AI Arms Race and Frugal AI: 
The Contemporary Debate on the Artificial Intelligence

Next-Generation Dialogue on Emerging Technologies
Organised by
Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme

ONLINE DISCUSSION

Date & Time 
10 October 2026, 1800-1930 hrs
Zoom link
 

Programme 

1800-1810 hrs: Welcome and Introduction
Prof D Suba Chandran
Dean, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
 
1810-1850 hrs: Session-I
Artificial to Super: The debate that might shape the future of AI
Has the White House replaced AI regulation with rebranding and voluntary pledges?
Masoomi Santosh Nevgi, 
Department of International Relations, Peace & Public Policy, St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru

AI Arms Race: Technology, Taiwan, and the Trump-Xi Summit
How is artificial intelligence reshaping US-China strategic competition and what does the Trump-Xi Summit reveal about the road ahead?
Samraksha Mukund, 
Department of International Studies, Political Science, and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru

Frugal AI: How the Global South could rethink the AI Race
Can Frugal AI offer the Global South an alternative to the global AI race?
Utkarsha Gandhe,
Department of International Relations, Peace & Public Policy, St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru

AI and Climate Change: The hidden environmental cost of AI and AI as a climate solution 
Can AI fight a crisis it also contributes to?
Oviyasree B,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai

1850-1910 hrs: Inputs from Discussants
Lekshmi MK,
Research Assistant, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
&
Yesasvi Koganti,
Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai
 
1910-1925 hrs: Q&A

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