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Microsoft AI Chief Mustafa Suleyman has a grim warning for every office worker- Within 18 months\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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Microsoft AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman has predicted that artificial intelligence will reach human-level performance across most professional tasks within 18 months, putting lawyers, accountants, marketers and project managers among those most at risk of displacement.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a conversation with the Financial Times, Suleyman delivered one of the most precise and sweeping timelines yet from a major technology leader on the pace at which AI will reshape office work. The prediction has reignited a debate that has been building since early 2025, when a chorus of chief executives first began sounding the alarm on white-collar automation.<\/p>\n

Why Suleyman Says Accountants, Lawyers and Marketers Are Most Vulnerable<\/h2>\n

Suleyman predicted “human-level performance on most, if not all professional tasks” being done by AI. Most tasks that involve “sitting down at a computer” will be fully automated by AI within the next year or 18 months, he said, naming accounting, legal, marketing, and even project management as vulnerable<\/p>\n

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The Microsoft AI chief cited the exponential growth in computational power as a primary driver. As processing capacity advances, he argued, AI models will be able to write and review code better than most human programmers, with knock-on effects for a wide range of knowledge-based professions.<\/p>\n

Suleyman also struck an unexpectedly democratising note on the future of AI deployment. “Creating a new model is going to be like creating a podcast or writing a blog,” he said. “It is going to be possible to design an AI that suits your requirements for every institution, organisation, and person on the planet.”<\/p>\n

AI Researchers Compare This Moment to the Days Before Covid Hit<\/h2>\n

Suleyman’s warning found a parallel in a widely circulated essay by AI researcher Matt Shumer, a version of which was published at Fortune. Shumer compared the current moment to February 2020, in the…<\/p>\n

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