Jammu, May 30 -- About 60 per cent of entry level and repetitive techno work are replaceable

By Tirthankar Mitra

KOLKATA: The dimension of the threat from Artificial Intelligence to the human labour force is becoming more clearer as the AI enters its new stage of development. The first wave of artificial intelligence largely functioned like an assistant. It made workers write code faster, summarise documents, analyse data and automate repetitive tasks. Companies presented these tools as productivity enhancers rather than job destroyers.

But the next stage of AI development is qualitatively different. "Agentic AI" systems are capable of independently executing complex tasks with minimal human supervision. These threaten to alter the econo...