Sri Lanka, July 10 -- Sri Lanka's labour market is undergoing a gradual but significant shift. Generative AI is becoming embedded in everyday work. Unlike earlier rounds of automation, which focused mainly on manual and manufacturing sectors, generative AI now reaches white-collar roles. Professional and clerical positions, once considered stable, are increasingly affected.

Generative AI creates new content-text, images, audio, video, or code-based on patterns learned from massive datasets. Unlike traditional AI, which classifies or predicts, generative AI produces outputs that resemble human work. This ability challenges long-standing assumptions about the resilience of office-based employment. Roles once seen as secure pathways for up...