# Payal Arora

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“From Sensing to Sentience: How Feeling Emerges from the Brain” with Professor Todd Feinberg

Sentience is the feeling aspect of consciousness, encompassing the capacity to experience sensations such as pain, pleasure, and emotions. It is the foundation of subjective experience, distinguishing beings that can feel from those that merely process information or react reflexively. Sentience is…

In Conversation: Payal Arora on Tech Optimism in the Global South

PhD Researcher Anuradha Ganapathy interviews Payal Arora, Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and co-founder of two initiatives, Inclusive AI Lab for Debiasing Tech and Fem Lab. The pair discuss Payal's recent book, From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on De…

The Next Billion Users Are Redefining AI (And Big Tech Is Worried)

The world's next billion users are redefining AI's future, and they're not where Silicon Valley expects them to be. Discover why digital sovereignty matters more than profit margins, and how 90% of the world's youth are driving unprecedented tech optimism from the Global South.What You'll LearnCore…

Is GPT-5 a revolution or hype?

Another upgrade, another round of applause. OpenAI’s GPT-5 has arrived—sleeker, quicker and kind of the talk of the town. But peel back the glitz and questions pile up. In this episode, we will know who builds these systems, and at what cost? Who reaps the rewards? And what happens when a few voi…

Payal Arora: Rethinking Technology Through the Eyes of the Global South

This episode features Payal Arora, digital anthropologist and author of The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West. She explores how people in the Global South are reshaping the way we think about technology, innovation, and inclusion. From challenging Western tech myths to designing more…

Building a Thriving Future: Navigating the Metaverse and Multiverse with Dr Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

The metaverse is no longer a distant concept. It is unfolding now, driven by advances in artificial intelligence, big data, and immersive digital technologies. As it reshapes how we work, interact, and create value, it presents significant opportunities alongside growing competitive pressures. In t…

Digital Optimism with Payal Arora

About the Guest Payal Arora is a digital anthropologist and a Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University. For decades, she has conducted field research focusing on what she calls the "majority world"—the 85-90% of the global population living outside the West. Recognized by Forbes as …

Are civilisations destined to fail?

What is the fate of civilisations? In this episode of @DohaDebates podcast, host Soraya Salam explores whether the collapse of civilisations is inevitable or whether they ultimately reinvent themselves. Joined by Payal Arora, Jonathan A.C. Brown, Joseph Tainter and Faisal Devji, the discussion ex…

AI: Tools or Gods? | Is the AI doom narrative a Western export? - Part 1 (ft. Payal Arora)

Part 1 of this two-part podcast explores the growing divide between Western fears of AI and the more optimistic, practical ways technology is being used across the Global South. The conversation challenges dominant narratives around AI, arguing that digital tools can empower people, create opportun…

AI: Tools or Gods | Who Shapes the Future of AI? - Part 2 (ft. Payal Arora)

Part 2 of our conversation with Payal Arora explores why optimism matters in the age of AI, what the Global South can teach us about digital innovation, and why technology should be understood as a tool that reflects human values rather than an autonomous force shaping our future. From AI companio…