New Delhi, July 29 -- Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has described artificial intelligence as a once-in-a-generation opportunity for India to create new jobs, build large new economic opportunities and emerge as a global technology leader.

Sharing his views on X during a discussion around the impact of AI, Sharma said he felt bad when new job creation and new economy creation opportunities were viewed primarily as risks of the technology.

He said the early impact and opportunities of technology platforms are often overblown, while their deeper impact is understood only later. As a profound technology, AI offers India a single opportunity to build at scale, let innovation bloom and prosper, and move into the global technology...