Microsoft’s AI CEO is joining a chorus of executives who predict massive job automation powered by artificial intelligence.
During an interview, Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman stated that he believes AI will automate most, if not all, of the tasks in white-collar fields in the coming year or year and a half.
According to Suleyman’s interview, which was released on Wednesday, “I think that we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks,” In the next 12 to 18 months, artificial intelligence (AI) will completely automate the majority of white-collar jobs, such as working at a computer as a lawyer, accountant, project manager, or marketer.
In software engineering, the CEO said that staff members are already adopting “AI-assisted coding for the vast majority of their code production.”
He claimed that in the past six months, there has been a significant change in the connection with technology.
Since AI has advanced so quickly over the last five years, there have been actual, recorded changes in the way some white-collar jobs are carried out.
According to the report, software engineering is experiencing “AI fatigue” as a result of the technology’s increased efficiency and the expectation that people will do more tasks at once.
One of the main forces behind the drive to implement AI in the workplace is Microsoft, which has invested in OpenAI and Anthropic and developed products like Copilot.
According to certain AI leaders and pioneers, the technology will develop to the point where it can replace whole workforces.
In an interview last year, Stuart Russell, a computer scientist and co-author of one of the most reputable books on artificial intelligence in the world, stated that political leaders are concerned about “80% unemployment” as a result of AI, as positions ranging from CEOs to surgeons may be replaced.
In the past, Anthropic CEO and cofounder Dario Amodei predicted that AI would eliminate half of entry-level white-collar professions. In an interview with Axios, Amodei stated, “As the creators of this technology, we have a responsibility and a duty to be honest about what is coming.” “I don’t think this is on people’s radar.”
