AI US and The Road Ahead

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). In the last week of December 2025, I shared some excerpts from a message that I came across by Dr. Robert Svoboda. He is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. The key message was – To remain awake without becoming overwhelmed, engaged without becoming entangled, serious without becoming grim. To keep our feet on the ground while the ground itself feels less stable. To remember that attention is a finite resource, and where we place it shapes not only how we see the world, but who we become inside it. Now, SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) to the ones paying heed, is where we try to draw your attention to things that matter and the importance of your attention, because, ‘Our life’s experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to’.

Attention: is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once our attention is drawn to the mechanism of why and what we give attention to, it is as if a veil has been stripped off and we become freer in our action and choices. And that is our endavour.

As we embark onto a new calendar year, there is one thing that has been concerning and exciting to people who look at it accordingly and that is AI (Artificial Intelligence – Large Language Models – Neural Networks) and its effect on our lives. In this episode titled ‘AI US and The Road Ahead’ I would like to draw your attention to a reflective field note by Ella Jane Mortensen who, holds a BA in international studies, specialising in global health, the environment and Europe, with a minor in philosophy, titled ‘What AI Can’t and Shouldn’t Replace’ here she points to something important – like many things, the issue surrounding our use of AI comes down to one of degree. We should think carefully about what we delegate to the machines, and what we keep for the realms of human endeavor.

AI US and The Road Ahead

Most recently, Kristalina Georgieva; head of IMF told delegates in Davos (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/23/ai-tsunami-labour-market-youth-employment-says-head-of-imf-davos) that the IMF’s own research suggested there would be a big transformation of demand for skills, as the technology becomes increasingly widespread.

“We expect over the next years, in advanced economies, 60