Updated 12 January 2026 at 09:59 IST

Don’t Miss India’s First Man VS Machine Moment As Arnab Takes On AI: Check When And Where You Can Watch

This Man Vs Machine show would not have any pre-fed prompts or scripted exchanges and it won't be a moderated Question and Answer session. This would ensure that conversations are kept raw, so as to push all boundaries and test the limits of AI, when pitted against human intelligence.

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Don’t Miss India’s First Man VS Machine Moment As Arnab Takes On AI: Check When And Where You Can Watch | Image: Republic

Republic Media Network is set to explore the true potential of Man Vs Machine in the world's first one-of-its-kind televised Debate on broadcast television at 9 pm today. The most anticipated show of the century, ‘Arnab vs AI’, would bring together Republic Media Network’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, and Blue Machines’ AI in a direct war of words, on the most pertaining issues of today, ranging from current affairs, global politics as well as national events.

The unscripted show would not have any pre-fed prompts or scripted exchanges and it won't be a moderated Question and Answer session. This would ensure that conversations are kept raw, so as to push all boundaries and test the limits of AI, when pitted against human intelligence. Arnab would be charging at the AI model with full zeal. While the Blue Machines’ AI system would be pushing the limits of machine intelligence, Arnab comes with his human intuition, lived experience, and his sound editorial judgment.

Man vs AI: Here's Where You Can Watch It

YouTube:

X: https://x.com/republic/status/2010529460630761901

Live TV: https://www.republicworld.com/livetv

The Arnab vs AI debate at 9 pm today, would be raising the most fundamental question that all of us in this digital age are confronted with today: Can artificial intelligence truly match or even challenge human intelligence in understanding socio-political issues like power, conflict, and conscience? From India’s political realities and the global geopolitical cracks to the most stark questions on policy, internal security, technology, and the future of human agency, this much awaited Debate is going to be the most intense, cutting across multiple layered, and deeply combative in nature.

The show that will be held in his Debate Studio at 9 pm, in association with Blue Machines AI, would go much deeper than exploring the traditional models of human and machine equations, that are usually rooted in fact retrieval and surface-level analysis. This debate would put to test whether AI can actually understand every nuances, all kinds of contexts, can reason morally, and if to has the ability to confront contradictions when it is up against human intelligence.

While Blue Machines’ AI brings data, speed, pattern recognition, and algorithmic reasoning to the table, Arnab come in with his human acumen, instinct, historical memory, and the sharpness of editorial depth to the Studio. What we can expect tonight is a gruelling back-and-forth between man and machine, where arguments would be challenged, wrong assumptions shattered, and every idea would be pushed to their breaking point.

This debate can also be viewed as an editorial experiment, and it would examine whether intelligence without accountability can understand concepts like geo-strategy, policy, democracy, dissent, nationalism, and human consequence. It is set to test if technology can grasp the emotional and ethical undercurrents that helps us formulate broad strategies and take decisions. The uninterrupted exchange between Arnab and AI would allow the argument to evolve organically and without any interruption. 

Viewers and users across the globe can tune in today at 9 pm for a defining editorial moment where man and machine would be confronting each other and the limits of both are laid bare. Who holds the edge when human intelligence meets artificial intelligence? The answer unfolds live, on Arnab vs AI on Republic TV and Republic Digital’s streaming platforms today at 9 pm. 

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Published By : Satyaki Baidya

Published On: 12 January 2026 at 09:59 IST