EconomyEconomists fear generative AI's impact on India, Indonesia
Survey shows experts worried about fallout in countries with big young populations
Commuters crowd onto a railway station platform in Mumbai, India. Economists are concerned about generative AI's impact on employment in the nation of 1.4 billion people. © Reuters
NATSUMI KAWASAKI, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Economists warn that generative artificial intelligence such as OpenAI's ChatGPT could drag on employment in India and Indonesia, fearing the rapidly developing technology will cut the number of jobs available to the huge populations of young people in those countries.