Will You Really Lose Your Job To AI?
AI will change the nature of jobs and rather than worry about job losses, Indians would be better off leveraging AI for greater productivity and reskilling ourselves for the age of AI.
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This week saw the first ever NDTV Profit Conclave as our nation’s most prominent business and political leaders came together to chart the roadmap towards India becoming a developed nation by 2047. The event is set to become an annual landmark meeting of India's brightest minds navigating India's economic future.
AI was a key part of the deliberations at the conclave. That's because whether you're talking manufacturing or financial markets, AI is never too far away. I was recently at IMTEX 2025 in Bangalore, South Asia's largest platform for machine tools, and it was striking to see how so many manufacturing platforms are integrating AI.
But back to the NDTV Profit Conclave. The exclusive event featured a fascinating discussion around 'AI and the Future of Work' which included some of India's top AI thought leaders. Anyone who is interested in the intersection of India’s future and AI can watch this thought-provoking conversation here. You can also access many other brilliant insights from the event here.
When we discuss AI and the future of work, the future of jobs also comes into sharp focus. According to the experts at the NDTV Profit Conclave, AI would change the nature of jobs and rather than worry about job losses, Indians would be better off leveraging AI for greater productivity and reskilling ourselves for the age of AI.
Another insightful piece this week affirms the same. Experts quoted argue that AI will complement the work of humans and not replace it. In fact, a Gartner report we've covered this week reveals that workers of the future will have the ability to handle multiple jobs covertly, courtesy AI.
'AI To Create More Jobs And Change The Nature Of Jobs': Microsoft India President
AI Is Changing Jobs—But Not The Way You Think
Covert Work: Using AI, Sales Associates Will 'Secretly' Juggle Multiple Jobs, Says Gartner Report
The AI and jobs debate set me thinking on whether AI could write this newsletter. There's no doubt AI can do so today, but the reason we still have journalists creating insightful content at trusted media organisations like NDTV is because AI can't quite tell stories the way humans can. At least, not yet. As some of the largest tech giants have found to their chagrin, AI can hallucinate and deliver misleading content too and that is unacceptable when trust is the most important element of the creator-audience equation.
Some of it may boil down to experiences that we share in our stories. For instance, how getting a pet and experiencing "Good dog" and "Bad dog" left me thinking about the similarities with "Good AI" and "Bad AI." May be Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) can get us there, but there's still some distance to go for that.
Depending entirely on AI is also a mistake. This was driven home to me painfully yesterday when despite paying for Swiggy One Black where the USP is quicker deliveries, my order was anything but quick, and an AI chatbot could only repeat facts about the order I already knew, and there was no human to help. Perhaps platforms like Swiggy should have human support as one of the USPs for their membership levels rather that quicker deliveries. That may get more people to sign up.
But even as we work with AI today, it is important to not let skills atrophy, especially because AI can do some of that work. Work with AI, but don't trust AI blindly. This was an important lesson from another insightful piece we carried this week on AI—the article dealt with why Microsoft, one of the core movers behind the AI revolution is admitting that AI can make some users dumber.
Why Did Microsoft Admit That AI Is Making Us Dumb?
Here are some of the other important pieces around AI from the past week:
Bengaluru's Sarvam AI Confirms Plan To Bid For India’s Foundational AI Models—NDTV Profit Exclusive
India AI Mission Empanels Yotta To Accelerate AI Adoption With Advanced GPU, Cloud Services
New iPhone 16e Makes Apple Intelligence A Tad More Affordable: 10 Standout AI Features
Beware! Cross-Border Gen AI Misuse Rising; To Cause Four Of 10 Data Breaches By 2027: Gartner
Elon Musk’s xAI Launches 'Scary Smart' AI Chatbot Grok 3; Better Than DeepSeek, ChatGPT?
India Leading Global Outsourcing Expansion; AI, Automation Chipping In: Deloitte Report
Zomato Unveils SaaS Suite Plans With Launch Of AI-Powered Customer Support Tool Nugget
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Ships First Nvidia Grace Blackwell System For Large AI Deployments
See you next week—I don't think AI will replace me that soon!
-Ivor Soans
