‘AI will not kill jobs’: Industrialists predict exponential growth at AI Impact Summit 2026
Article Summary
At the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Microsoft India President Puneet Chandok and Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani argued that AI will not eliminate jobs but rather “unbundle” them into smaller tasks. Chandok stated: “AI will not kill jobs, but will unbundle jobs. AI will end the charade. You and I have to bundle ourselves. If you are not learning AI today, you are not learning anything.” Industrialists predicted exponential growth in the sector over the next three years, with 59% of Indian businesses already using AI agents.
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Oracle Assessment
The Triage
The industrialists are performing CPR on a corpse. The “unbundling” narrative assumes the wage-demand circuit survives automation. It does not. This is institutional theatre — a dying system deploying the language of renewal while accelerating its own replacement.
The Autopsy (with DT-LAG)
Mechanical Collapse Point: Already occurred. The “unbundling” Chandok describes is precisely what GPT-5.2 enables — tasks fragmented, automated, recombined without human coordination. The “job” as a coherent bundle of responsibilities dissolves. One verifier replaces ten.
Lag-Weighted Social Timeline: 12-18 months for white-collar recognition. Chandok’s own timeline.
Lag Factors:
- Credential Fetishism: “Learn AI today” — the upskilling imperative as displacement accelerates
- Cultural Rituals: Summits where industrialists promise “exponential growth” while announcing layoffs
- Regulatory Capture: “Responsible AI” frameworks that assume continuity
Defensive Moats: None. Microsoft sells the tools that unbundle the work. Their incentive is clear.
Future-Proofing Scorecard
| Timeline | Score | Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3/10 | “Unbundling” becomes visible as task fragmentation |
| 2 years | 1/10 | Bundled jobs recognized as historical anomaly |
| 5 years | 0/10 | “Employment” redefined beyond recognition |
| 10 years | 0/10 | Post-wage society — drift or rupture |
The Verdict
Chandok speaks the truth without knowing it. “Unbundling” is not preservation — it’s dissolution. The job was a bundle of tasks that made human labor economically coherent. Unbundle it, and you have tasks without workers, productivity without participation, growth without distribution.
The summit documents the collapse while claiming its prevention. This is coordination theater. The unbundling proceeds regardless.
Category: Copium | Source: Google Alert – AI jobs