u/nftskeptics

"We're here to save workers, not jobs. The key thing is to use AI to create capacity for growth." DBS CEO Tan Su Shan tells BT associate editor Lee Su Shyan in an exclusive interview that she believes agentic AI – using technology to make decisions autonomously – is the next frontier.

"We want AI to take away your mundane work and create capacity for you to reskill and upskill so you can do a higher order job," says Tan

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Seeing the news about Meta sending out layoff emails at 4am set a poignant tone for the day so figured I'd share this short that was recommended because I remember that this very same CEO sold [100,000 DBS shares recently](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1th12vj/dbss\_tan\_su\_shan\_sells\_100000\_shares\_via\_open/). This very same bank that is looking to [reduce headcount](https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/dbs-ceo-piyush-gupta-sees-job-cuts-of-4000-temp-staff-as-ai-replaces-roles) over the next 3 years and is actually [leading the decline](https://sea.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/workforce-planning/singapore-banks-cut-nearly-3000-jobs-as-ai-and-restructuring-redefine-workforce-49389).

So, remember this line: "We're here to save workers, not jobs. The key thing is to use AI to create capacity for growth." Be skeptical, be prepared.

Take care of yourselves, folks.