Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution Rest of World By: Jibu Elias 5 August 2026 at 05:00 At the turn of the millennium, India became the global hub for medical transcription. With fiber optic cables laid in the 1990s, American hospitals found it cheap and efficient to... © Cecil Williams/Claflin University via Getty ImagesAn archival photo of a computer lab in the Herbert V. Manning Library on the campus of Claflin University