AI is systematically destroying the cost logic that made offshore knowledge work viable. Pakistan is a case study in growing IT exports within a rapidly expiring business model.
Adil, this crystallized something I had been circling for a while. I ended up writing a piece that opens with your argument: the labor-arbitrage model is ending and Pakistan is the most exposed. Where I try to push further is on what comes next. The same AI that kills routine outsourcing can help countries like ours build and own open-source infrastructure, cut the foreign license bill, and eventually export the migration expertise itself. Not a cure, but I think it is the most practical escape route available. I would value your thoughts, especially where you think I am wrong: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pakistans-next-tech-export-could-digital-independence-yasser-bashir-thmhf/
Adil, this crystallized something I had been circling for a while. I ended up writing a piece that opens with your argument: the labor-arbitrage model is ending and Pakistan is the most exposed. Where I try to push further is on what comes next. The same AI that kills routine outsourcing can help countries like ours build and own open-source infrastructure, cut the foreign license bill, and eventually export the migration expertise itself. Not a cure, but I think it is the most practical escape route available. I would value your thoughts, especially where you think I am wrong: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pakistans-next-tech-export-could-digital-independence-yasser-bashir-thmhf/