India, Feb. 20 -- A social media post by an Indian-origin techie recounting a conversation with her cab driver after the Delhi AI Summit has sparked an online discussion about automation, employability, and the human impact of artificial intelligence. Ishika Mukerji, head of US-based AI company Morphic, shared on X how her cab driver asked a simple yet troubling question: "AI will take away our jobs, Madam?"

According to Mukerji, the question came up as she was returning from the AI summit, still immersed in conversations about innovation, investment, and India's AI future. The driver, she said, then showed her his college degree - describing himself as a "college topper" and the "first in his family to ever get educated". The driver tol...