Pakistan, May 15 -- By the close of this decade, artificial intelligence will have quietly rewritten the rules of nearly every industry on earth. The numbers are staggering: McKinsey estimates AI could contribute up to $13 trillion to global economic output by 2030. The World Economic Forum projects that automation will displace 85 million jobs by 2025 while simultaneously creating 97 million new ones. The net arithmetic may look promising. But here is the uncomfortable truth that rarely makes headlines: those new jobs will overwhelmingly materialise in economies that have invested in human capital, digital infrastructure and ethical foresight. For countries that simply consume AI rather than shape it, the revolution could look far less l...