New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- As more businesses begin to experiment with AI and consider how it might improve their profitability, debates about the implications for workers have intensified. In the US, the apparent disconnect between soaring stock-market valuations and falling total (non-farm) job openings has fuelled media narratives about tech-driven job destruction.

Hardly a week goes by without new headlines about companies using AI to perform white-collar jobs, especially those typically filled by new graduates and those lower down the career ladder. According to a report issued by the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions earlier this month, AI and automation could destroy nearly 100 million US jobs over the coming ...