IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva stated that the AI infrastructure investment boom is currently sustaining global economic growth at approximately 3% and could boost advanced Asian economies by 0.5 to 1 percentage points. Speaking at the IMF Annual Meetings in Bangkok, she characterized AI's structural impact as a "slow tsunami," noting that IMF research indicates 40% of jobs globally will be augmented, downgraded, or eliminated, with this figure reaching 60% in advanced economies. Georgieva warned that these shifts will profoundly affect tax systems and education requirements. Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam echoed these concerns, highlighting that AI is already reducing demand for entry-level graduate positions. He cautioned that passive adaptation risks widening the economic divergence between developing and advanced nations as labor markets restructure.