SparX by Mukesh Bansal The Future of AI: Ethics, Safety & the Rise of Intelligence
Dec 13, 2025
Debjani Ghosh, former technology executive and current leader of the Frontier Tech Hub at NITI Aayog, shares her insights on the future of AI and its implications for India's technological landscape. She discusses the transformative impact of AI on jobs, emphasizing the need for rapid reskilling and the emergence of new job clusters. Debjani highlights the importance of indigenous capabilities for resilience in tech, while stressing that technology has become the new axis of power. She also advocates for a swift update of curricula to keep pace with rapid advancements.
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Productivity Gains Will Reshape Tech Jobs
- AI will boost routine tech job productivity dramatically, threatening roles like L1 support and basic coding.
- Debjani Ghosh estimates a conservative net impact of ~2 million tech jobs by 2031 from productivity gains alone.
New Clusters Create Specialized Job Demand
- New, high-skill clusters (AI for enterprise, AI for AI, frontier tech) can add millions of roles but are hyper-specialized.
- Net job creation may exceed losses but will demand rapid reskilling and different skill mixes.
Refresh Curriculum Constantly
- Update curricula far more frequently to keep pace with rapid tech change; top institutes refresh quarterly.
- Prioritize agility in education so graduates match evolving industry needs.
