Overview

• Murthy says ChatGPT slashed his lecture preparation time from around 30 hours to just five hours, boosting his personal productivity fivefold.
• He credits his son, Rohan Murty, with introducing him to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 as a drafting tool for speeches and lectures.
• He argues that AI will augment skilled labour rather than replace it, dismissing fears of widespread job losses and foreseeing different types of roles emerging.
• Drawing on the 1970s rollout of computers in UK banks, he highlights how early resistance gave way to productivity gains and a multiplication of jobs.
• His call for strategic AI adoption comes as India’s IT industry faces slowing growth and leaders urge transformation of long-standing business models.