{"id":213374,"date":"2026-02-14T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/microsoft-ai-chief-predicts-end-of-white-collar-work-in-18-months\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:50:18","slug":"microsoft-ai-chief-predicts-end-of-white-collar-work-in-18-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/microsoft-ai-chief-predicts-end-of-white-collar-work-in-18-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft AI chief predicts end of white-collar work in 18 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft AI chief predicts end of white-collar work in 18 months<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/arynews.tv\/microsoft-ai-chief-predicts-end-of-white-collar-work-in-18-months\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-14 00:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: arynews.tv<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, has joined a growing number of executives predicting widespread job automation due to artificial intelligence. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Suleyman stated his expectation that most, if not all, white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within the next 12 to 18 months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the interview that was published on Wednesday, Suleyman said, \u201cI think that we\u2019re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo white-collar work, where you\u2019re sitting down at a computer, either being a lawyer or an accountant or a project manager or a marketing person \u2014 most of those tasks will be fully automated by an AI within the next 12 to 18 months.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AI chief said the trend is already visible in software engineering, in which employees are using \u201cAI-assisted coding for the vast majority of their code production.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a quite different relationship to the technology, and that\u2019s happened in the last six months,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The rapid advancement of AI in recent years has demonstrably changed how certain white-collar jobs are executed. A Business Insider report highlighted the emergence of \u201cAI fatigue\u201d among software engineers.<\/p>\n

While the technology has expanded productivity, it has also shown signs of exhaustion as workers face the need to manage increased workloads simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is at the forefront of AI integration in the workplace, developing products such as Copilot and making significant investments in OpenAI and Anthropic.<\/p>\n

Despite this, some AI leaders and pioneers expect AI to advance to the point where it could entirely replace human workforces.<\/p>\n

Widespread concern remains regarding the AI impact on the job market, with many experts believe comprehensive transformation.<\/p>\n

According to a prominent co-author of an AI textbook, Stuart Russell, political figures are already anticipating \u201c80% unemployment\u201d because AI risks a broad spectrum of…<\/p>\n

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