The 500 Million Worker Problem

India's demographic dividend teeters on the edge as AI's fast climb menaces both high-end IT gigs and low-end services, tossing economic perks into disarray. Those shiny AI subscriptions? They outpace India's newbie engineers in cost, speed, and accuracy, upending an age-old growth strategy. Yet, while India reigns in AI skills penetration, it snags a mere 0.2% of global AI patents, miles behind China's commanding 61%.