New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- There is no escape from AI. Its embrace is essential to progress, a consensus that unites tech mavens and policy wonks with AI chatbots. As OpenAI's ChatGPT puts it, artificial intelligence (AI) is "not inherently" but "practically" essential to progress "in today's context."

Its rise has already shaken India's software sector, which needs full R&D mastery over it to make a proper AI pivot, even if adaptation is the urgency right now.

As this year's Nobel award for economics reminds us, innovation-led growth is not costless. What's creative can also be destructive, and we must do all we humanly can to ensure that its gains outweigh its costs.

AI uptake puts jobs at risk, but, as a report by Niti Aayog says, while ...