Raghuram's SOS: AI may snatch both skilled and unskilled jobs

Kochi: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday expressed fears that Artificial Intelligence would take up jobs — both high skilled and unskilled. With advances in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, this was going to change still further, as they take up the jobs,ranging from those in unskilled sweatshops to high-killed professions like medicine, the former RBI Governor said.

"What jobs will humans be able to do in 10-15 years that are immune from threat? Jobs that require high intelligence and creativity; jobs that require human empathy and jobs where human working for us bolster our status in some way," he said, delivering the keynote address outlining his vision for India at #FUTURE Global Digital Summit, organised by the Kerala government.

in a lighter vein, the world famous economist said he has not joined microblogging site Twitter as he is not quick to respond to tweets in a few words in 30 seconds. "I don't have time. My sense is that in many of these things, once you start engaging, you have to be consistent.. I certainly can't because I don't have the ability to think quickly and respond in you know 20-30 seconds in 140 characters," he said here.

Rajan said this when asked about his absence in the social media during an interaction with reporters.