New Delhi: Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity AI, has a straightforward message to the youth: quit wasting your time on social media and learn to work with artificial intelligence. In a recent podcast with Matthew Berman, Srinivas emphasised that mastering AI tools is no longer a choice but a requirement so that people can keep up with the dynamic job market today.
As the technologies in AI rapidly advance, Srinivas cautioned that the change rate is faster than the rate at which humans are able to adapt. He thinks that the ones who do not keep pace are likely to be left behind. The individuals on the cutting-edge AI system use will be incredibly more employable than others, he stated. Social media may be entertaining, he said, but it will not contribute much to career development.
My interview with @AravSrinivas, CEO of @perplexity_ai.
We discuss their new AI-first browser Comet, how the internet is changing with agents, competition with Google and others, workforce automation and more! pic.twitter.com/POUiKyDrBn
— Matthew Berman (@MatthewBerman) July 17, 2025
AI skills will define future job readiness
Srinivas indicated that the world of work is already being transformed by AI. Not all the roles will be substituted, yet AI is also creating new avenues. To young professionals, he advised that they should either think about starting companies or working in those businesses that are innovating with AI. He said that job losers will either open their own businesses powered by AI or get hired in companies utilising AI tools.
The effect of AI is still controversial among industry giants. Businesses such as Anthropic are forecasting that as many as half of entry-level positions could disappear within five years. Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in AI, has also expressed alarm about jobs being lost. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, for his part, thinks that AI will bring new jobs and displace old ones.
Perplexity expands with new tools and offers
Perplexity AI is the developer of one of the fastest-advancing AI search engines. It has recently released Comet, which is a standalone agentic browser to increase productivity through conversational AI.
As an expansion measure, Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel is providing the eligible customers a free one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro. This advanced plan provides the consumer with access to the best AI models, such as GPT-4o, Claude 4.0 Sonnet, and Gemini.