While many people around the world are worried about whether AI will take away jobs N.R. Narayana Murthy is doing something different he is using it to get more done. In a recent interview Murthy said he uses ChatGPT a tool by OpenAI to help write his speeches. Thanks to this he said that he has become five times more productive. “Earlier I used to take about 25-30 hours to prepare a lecture because I take these things very seriously” Murthy told Moneycontrol. “There must be a theme a sub-theme they must be interrelated. At the end there must be a strong message all of that.” That changed when his son Rohan Murty asked him to try ChatGPT. “In a matter of five hours I could improve the draft. In other words I improved my own productivity by as much as five times” Murthy added. Murthy who helped start Infosys and played a major role in building India’s tech sector is now a strong supporter of AI. And he wants others in the industry to also embrace this change. The IT industry veteran also believes that AI if used as an assistive tool will not only help software firms deliver faster and better results but also reduce errors and improve the quality of work. His advice to India’s USD 280 billion IT industry is simple: Don’t complain move forward and grow. He says AI isn’t killing tech jobs but it is giving them a boost. The real benefit according to Murthy is that AI can help us: Ask better questions Write code faster Improve the quality of our work Back in the 1970s Murthy used to create basic code templates manually what he calls skeletons of code. Today AI can generate those same templates in just seconds. His comments come at a time when the IT industry in India is facing: Slow growth in revenue Careful hiring decisions The need to upgrade old ways of working Even top companies like Infosys and HCLTech have accepted that the industry is going through a big shift. Murthy compares today’s fear of AI to the situation in 1970s Britain when bank workers protested against the introduction of computers. But what happened later? That same industry now has 40 to 50 times more jobs. His message is clear: AI isn’t a threat. It’s a tool. Use it to grow.