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re: CEO of Microsoft AI says most white collar work will be fully automated within 18 months

Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by OTIS2
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Member since Jul 2008
52555 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:39 pm to
I’d fire him from his position. His judgement is terribly flawed.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:39 pm to
I hope so but theres zero chance. Better chance of a massive AI bubble.
Posted by Tiger4life306
Member since Apr 2016
783 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:40 pm to
The more ridiculous things they say, the more attention they get to the AI products they’re building
Posted by SludgeFactory
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Member since Jun 2025
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:40 pm to
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The dot is serious bidness on the wedding night. Few are privileged to understand the dot.


I believe you.

All I know is every Indian in the crowd was rolling over, while the white people acted like they didn't want to laugh.

That was a damn good joke, IMO.
Posted by Uncommon Idea
Member since Feb 2025
388 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:42 pm to
I'll wait until AI stops hallucinating cases/citations before I believe him for lawyers.
Posted by TulsaSooner78
Member since Aug 2025
2891 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:47 pm to
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I might open up a woodworking school for white collar baws. My woodshop is fully outfitted with high end power machines and traditional hand tools.


Sounds like a great idea. I'm sure you can make a lot of cool stuff. But after everyone loses their jobs, no one will be able to afford to buy the stuff you make.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20248 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:49 pm to
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As a CPA who has been fully integrating AI into my practice over the last 2 years, I can promise you, it's not even close to replacing us in the next 5 years, much less 12-18 months.

Has it helped streamline tasks, absolutely, but it still fricks up way too much.


My work is heavy on the finance side and we use it too and I agree. It fricks up a lot. I use it mostly to summarize legal documents, scrub my email inbox for things, re-writing emails, and things like that. When I give it 3 audits for a company and say build a trended balance sheet with commentary it'll have flat out incorrect numbers.

Posted by Tiger985
Member since Nov 2006
7683 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:50 pm to
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I'll wait until AI stops hallucinating cases/citations before I believe him for lawyers.


The issue with the critics of this technology is the failure to understand how quickly these things will improve.

Many of the issues mentioned here are true today. The wrong thinking is that it will take 5 or 10 years to meaningfully improve.

It's more like 5 or 10 months.

Posted by chalmetteowl
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:51 pm to
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They're taking over corporate America.


I guess so, they’re smarter than us
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
29691 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:51 pm to
AI is only as reliable as the information it learns from and the prompts that guide it. If the underlying data is incomplete, biased, or poorly structured, the outputs will inevitably reflect those flaws. Likewise, weak or unclear prompts can produce confident but misguided results, regardless of how advanced the model is. Until datasets are cleaner and prompt systems are consistently well-engineered, human judgment remains essential to interpret, steer, and verify AI decisions. In short, AI may accelerate thinking, but it still needs someone at the wheel to ensure it’s heading in the right direction.

this message was authored by GPT-5.2
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2005
6552 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:51 pm to
Anyone want to bet this doesn’t happen in the next 5 years , let alone 18 months ? I will take the over.
Posted by Jon Ham
Member since Jun 2011
29691 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:53 pm to
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Many of the issues mentioned here are true today. The wrong thinking is that it will take 5 or 10 years to meaningfully improve.

It's more like 5 or 10 months.


Maybe. But look at the internet. The internet seems to have gotten clunkier, more bloated, more filled with bullshite the longer it has existed. What’s to stop that same thing from happening to AI’s dataset and resulting outputs?
Posted by FreddieMac
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Member since Jun 2010
24918 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:53 pm to
That is a guy trying to pump his stock....
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
173660 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:54 pm to
It definitely won't be automated by Copilot

That's the worst shite ever
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:55 pm to
So when high paying white collar jobs are gone, who is going to buy stuff?

Blue collar and white collar are a symbiotic relationship. Neither exits without the other. You cannot replace either level without collapsing society.

If they keep pushing it, you will see a revolution that will be a glorious death to AI.
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7921 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 12:56 pm to
I think his timeline is aggressive, but not going to lie, AI gives me anxiety and I'm a very very active user in both personal and professional life.

I worry about myself - I need to squeeze out at least another 5-6 years of work, but I worry about my kids and society even more.

Humans need purpose. UBI isn't going to work for dumb people. They'll spend it immediately and then what? Rob, steal, pillage?

Imagine all the moron cashiers at Popeyes making the same money but not tied to a fryer for 8 hours a day. Think they're going to be painting and gardening?

I wonder if this is how middle aged guys felt in the mid 90s with the internet or were they just excited for digital boobs?
Posted by Ronaldo Burgundiaz
NWA
Member since Jan 2012
6793 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:00 pm to
Anyone that has used Copilot knows how far away it is from actually taking away someone's job.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
122855 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:05 pm to
Don’t worry, Epstein enthusiasts like Elon and Bill Gates will issue sufficient UBI slop payments to us peons.
Posted by YeastExtract
Member since Jul 2021
456 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:06 pm to
Yeah I’m sure my clients in bumfvck Louisiana are going to be cool with letting a AI bot manage their books.
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
3812 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:07 pm to
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Anyone that has used Copilot knows how far away it is from actually taking away someone's job.
terrible logic. copilot is nothing compared to advanced programs that are far from free.
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