AI Will Create More Jobs India Because Of Wage Difference In Service Sector: Carl Benedikt Frey

In an exclusive conversation on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos 2026, Carl Benedikt Frey, the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford, joins Siddharth Zarabi, Group Editor of Business Today, to deliver a compelling counter-narrative to global anxieties surrounding automation. Professor Frey argues that for a burgeoning economy like India, artificial intelligence is positioned to be a massive engine for job creation rather than a catalyst for displacement, acting as a "productivity multiplier" that allows the domestic workforce to leapfrog traditional development hurdles. This deep-dive analysis explores the transition of India from a global back-office to an AI-driven innovation hub, examining how the demographic dividend combined with emerging technologies could redefine the future of work, global service exports, and the broader macroeconomic landscape by the end of the decade. 

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