{"id":225268,"date":"2026-03-19T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/an-ai-jobs-apocalypse-the-ceo-of-tech-mahindra-is-not-so-sure\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:30:11","slug":"an-ai-jobs-apocalypse-the-ceo-of-tech-mahindra-is-not-so-sure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/an-ai-jobs-apocalypse-the-ceo-of-tech-mahindra-is-not-so-sure\/","title":{"rendered":"An AI jobs apocalypse? The CEO of Tech Mahindra is not so sure"},"content":{"rendered":"

An AI jobs apocalypse? The CEO of Tech Mahindra is not so sure<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/03\/19\/ai-jobs-apocalypse-ceo-tech-mahindra-mohit-joshi-letter-from-london\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-19 08:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat torments of grief you\u2019ve endured from evils that never arrived,\u201d\u00a0wrote\u00a0Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century American philosopher and writer.\u00a0Millions of workers are feeling similar.\u00a0How many jobs will artificial intelligence\u00a0destroy?\u00a0And\u00a0are we all\u00a0worrying\u00a0unnecessarily?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demand for human labor will not go away,\u201d Mohit Joshi, the chief executive of the Indian information technology giant, Tech Mahindra,\u00a0tells\u00a0me.\u00a0The world is entering an era of technology complexity and new business opportunities. The changes are likely to increase demand for\u00a0\u2018humans in the lead\u2019,\u00a0even though the job specifications will be radically different.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joshi\u00a0has data\u00a0and historical precedent to back\u00a0up\u00a0his assertion. In the 1990s, many companies, spooked by the threat of the Millennium Bug, invested heavily in technology\u00a0updates\u00a0as a protective measure.\u00a0The bug\u2014linked to the New Year\u00a0date\u00a0change from the 20th\u00a0century to the 21st\u2014never\u00a0materialized, leading to predictions that tech spending would fall back to\u00a020th\u00a0century levels. It went in the opposite direction\u00a0and the\u00a0\u2018trend to spend\u2019\u00a0continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demand for human labor will not go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mohit Joshi chief executive of Tech Mahindra<\/p>\n

Similar momentum is\u00a0apparent\u00a0in 2026 when it comes to\u00a0the effects of\u00a0artificial intelligence\u00a0on workforces.\u00a0\u201cWe think the productivity gains will not result in immediate headcount impacts,\u201d\u00a0Joshi\u00a0says. \u201cThere is a lot of investment that will need to happen over the next couple of years to drive simplification,\u00a0modernization\u00a0and optimization. And,\u00a0especially on the data side, investment will be\u00a0required\u00a0beyond the three to five years that it will take to modernize and simplify systems.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the best case beyond that, I feel the complexity of organizations will increase dramatically. And,\u00a0if the AI premise gets realized fully,\u00a0the economic\u00a0growth is going to be so much more significant. It…<\/p>\n

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