AI is hollowing out the early-career skills young Indian workers need, column warns
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-26
In a Japan Times/Bloomberg column, Andy Mukherjee argues that while doomsday predictions of mass white-collar job losses haven't materialized, AI tools are boosting experienced workers' productivity while hollowing out the skills juniors used to build early in their careers. This divergence is showing up as a jump in "quiet quitting" in India, and AI will make it worse — seniors complement AI while newcomers skip the learning-by-doing apprenticeship stage.
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