US EditionAI could wipe out most white-collar jobs within 12 months, Microsoft AI chief warns
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman forecasts AI will automate most routine white-collar tasks globally within 12 to 18 months, reshaping professional workflows and job roles.
- In a recent Financial Times interview, Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI chief, said routine parts of most white-collar jobs are on track for full automation within 12 to 18 months.
- Because of professional-grade AGI and build-AI systems, Suleyman said AI agents and organisations building custom models will run workflows and build solutions more easily soon.
- Listing examples, he pointed to drafting reports, analysing data, reviewing contracts, running projects and creating marketing strategies as tasks susceptible to automation, warning white-collar roles will see routine parts automated.
- Corporate shifts are already visible as Microsoft could roll out advanced AI models by 2026 while companies in India and the US deploy AI, disrupting Infosys and TCS and creating new roles.
- Broader context shows other AI leaders warn of disruption, with Dario Amodei stating `We, as the producers of this technology, have a duty and an obligation to be honest about what is coming.
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Congratulations, office workers. Most of what you do at your cozy desk jobs will soon be automated with AI, according to the extremely questionable projections of Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. That’s because AI models, as Suleyman claims in an interview with the Financial Times published Wednesday, are on the verge of achieving “human-level performance on most, if not all professional tasks.” “So white collar work where you’re sitting dow…
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