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India Must Look Back 300 Years as AI Breaks the White Collar Playbook
Technology
Published on 24 April 2026
The cotton spinning shock could repeat in offices
India’s AI future is being framed through a historical lens: the industrial revolution transformed cotton-spinning, and today’s generative AI could trigger a similar shift in a massive $250 billion knowledge economy. As systems move toward more general-like intelligence, the argument is that even complex work may require far fewer expert programmers.
- Generative AI could drive a repeat of industrial-style disruption
- India’s $250 billion white-collar sector faces major change
- AI may reduce dependence on specialist programmers for complex tasks
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