In AI age, upskilling likely to create jobs in new areas: Meity secy

White-collar jobs relying on cognitive skills face the highest AI disruption risk, but reskilling and new job creation will outweigh losses, says MeitY Secretary S Krishnan

The jobs that rely primarily on cognitive skills are at the highest risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), leaving white-collar workers vulnerable to being automated out of their positions, said S Krishnan, secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity). He was speaking at Ficci's 6th AI India Conclave.

 

The government, however, is confident that the opportunities for creating new kinds of jobs in new areas arising from AI are far greater, Krishnan said, adding that much of this would occur primarily through reskilling, upskilling, and talent development programmes that involve contributions from the private sector