This essay follows Ravi, an upper-middle-class tech professional in Bangalore, whose career managing corporate accounting tasks has been largely automated by Chinese AI agents. Despite generating record-high market numbers and corporate profit margins, the rapid integration of artificial intelligence sparks widespread societal unrest and economic instability across India. Ultimately, Ravi's company announces a massive restructuring and a 50% workforce reduction, leaving his own professional future abruptly in jeopardy.
Technological revolutions are almost never born where they ultimately create wealth.
