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   'I think we're going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all,   
   professional tasks': Microsoft AI chief thinks AI will replace most   
   white-collar work in the 12 to 18 months - so is this the end for human   
   workers?   
      
   By Mike Moore published 20 hours ago   
      
   Mustafa Suleyman unsurprisingly thinks AI will bring big changes   
      
       Microsoft AI head says white-collar jobs could be at risk from AI   
       Major change could be coming over next 12-18 months   
       Mustafa Suleyman is the latest in a series of tech CEOs to sound alarm on   
   jobs effect   
      
   Microsoft's AI chief has declared his belief AI is set to advance so far as to   
   be able to replace white-collar job roles within the next 12-18 months.   
      
   Speaking in a YouTube interview with the Financial Times, Mustafa Suleyman   
   addressed the company's push towards "artificial capable intelligence" a   
   term he coined for the next step towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).   
      
   "I think we're going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all,   
   professional tasks," Suleyman said. "So, white-collar work, where you're   
   sitting down at a computer - either being, you know, a lawyer, or an   
   accountant, or a project manager, or a marketing person - most of those tasks   
   will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months."   
      
   AI jobs risk   
      
   Suleyman also outlined his belief AI tools will be useful for almost every   
   area, as Microsoft looks to more towards "humanist superintelligence".   
      
   "There are going to be billions of digital minds," he said. "There are going   
   to be many, many different lineages of model. Creating a new model is like   
   creating a podcast or writing a blog - it is going to be possible to design an   
   AI that suits your requirements for every institution, organization, and person   
   on the planet."   
      
   Suleyman's opinions have been echoed by many other tech leaders in recent   
   months, reflecting a wider shift in the industry as AI becomes more commonplace   
   in workplaces across the world.   
      
   In May 2025, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also warned the US government about the   
   risk AI poses to white-collar jobs, predicting up to half of all entry-level   
   roles could be taken by AI, leading to unemployment of as much as 20% in the   
   next one to five years.   
      
   "It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it", Amodei said, noting how AI   
   has the potential to affect society in positive and negative ways; "Cancer is   
   cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced - and 20% of   
   people don't have jobs."   
      
   "We, as the producers of this technology, have a duty and an obligation to be   
   honest about what is coming."   
      
   Link to interview:  https://youtu.be/YTrBz6Z5c0E   
      
      
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