Vinod Khosla, who is a co -dealer of solar microsystems and cheerman of Khosla ventures, recently said that Synthetic Understanding (AI) can handle the structures of all economically important jobs up to about 80% of all financially important jobs in the next 3‑5 years. According to Khosla, “The season of cuttings AI Systems is coming and almost every work can be assigned to the next generation of AI.” Now he has said that the recent bounce in AI is a threat to the BPO and IT sector.
Speaking on the podcast Nation Through WTF of Zerodha’s co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Indian-origin billionaire Vinod Khosla warned that a recent bounce in AI can potentially eliminate the BPO and IT industry in India. However, he also said that to avoid its impact, it is necessary to go through major changes to the companies of this sector to remain adaptation and relevant.
When asked if India’s IT sector AI would be able to escape from change, Khosla said, “I think it is very difficult you know, BPO will disappear as a business.” He further added, “The software IT services will almost disappear. The disappearance means a large extent change. Whether some of these companies are able to change or not, will decide whether they will last or not.”
Earlier, Khosla has said in a podcast named “Uncapped With Jack Altman” that AI will affect 80% of the jobs. He had said at that time that AI will become 80 percent of the work that is currently doing a human expert in the next five years.
He also said that investors warn of tremendous upheaval in the business world, especially for big companies. Khosla believes that Fortune 500 companies will fall faster than ever in the 2030s.
In Kamath’s podcast, Khosla’s thinking gives a clear indication, “If every child in India gets a free AI tutor, which is completely possible today, then it will be better than the best education that can be purchased by a rich person.”
He questioned the strictness of degree-based experts during this period, saying, “You do not need to go back to college for three or five years to go from electrical engineering from electrical engineering or medicine to something else.” In his perspective, AI enables learning in a constant and limitless manner.
