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AI could wipe out most white-collar jobs within 12 months, Microsoft AI chief warns
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Start with CEO and project manager please!
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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Well, no vested interest there.
When is media gonna recognize all of the people saying this stuff are AI company CEOs
Well you know what they say.
“You first”.
Let's start with this Microslop AI chief.
And I do not say this lightly
HAHAHAHAHA
What a load of shit. Start with your shitty C suit executives
Prove it.
Ah, is someone out over their skiis on AI that didn't live up to it's hype? Yes sure buddy, AI could do that, if it was actually AI, but it's not, maybe some day, enjoy spending all of that money. Jokes on us because we just know they will pay the feds off to bail them out when the bubble pops.
Stop making "AI can replace humans" happen. It's not gonna happen!
fr I've been reading headlines like this for years now, and LLMs are still shit at doing anything other than produce things that superficially look good but rarely stand up to close inspection.
- No it won’t.
- Anyone who frames LLMs as ‘intelligence’ is betraying they don’t understand what they’re talking about.
- Any work a LLM can perform effectively is work no human should be performing.
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What a crock of shit. We all know that's what they want, but it's not happening.
Until the AI results can be trusted, I don’t see how this happens. I’ve been using AI for some questions that would normally be on stackoverflow but I don’t find code generation to save me time. Because I can’t implicitly trust the product, I still have to review the code before I can use it. If I have to review and understand it, it rarely saves me time. There have been edge cases where it helped me in some areas, like turning a CSV into a visual report in PDF format but I still had to review everything. It just happens that I suck as report tools so it was a shorter amount of time for me to review the AI report than to put together visualizations myself.
I'd offer a small correction: that ain't happening as long as companies are liable for the AI's work. If companies can just blame the model and get away with a fine that's less than the savings, they absolutely will take that deal. Keep companies accountable and the bubble will burst
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Well it certainly is wiping out Microsoft, so he is not wrong
It’s always in the next 6 months, 12 months, and then time passes and the claim keeps getting remade.
They just want investment hype.
It’s always in the next 6 months, 12 months, and then time passes and the claim keeps getting remade.
Techbro version of rapture/apocalypse
Just 6 more months bro, trust me. Please bro just 6 more month and it'll happen bro
just one more data centre's gonna do it! just give me a couple million more bucks!
Tesla will drive autonomously soon, before 2018, promise.
They are right. If Microsoft keeps using AI to develop their products there will be no more jobs at Microsoft.
"AI is going to do this very big thing" - someone heavily invested in AI.
This isn't a warning, this is a sales pitch.
This you?
It’s hilarious how the AI-pushing CEOs have determined that the best way of selling more subscriptions is to act like a terrified chihuahua pissing itself because of how super strong and scary they pretend their product is.
How about you make your OS able to update itself without bricking then we can talk about revolutionizing the world, eh?
Counter point: It won't.
This is like being told you could win $100M when you're handed a lottery ticket. There is a lot of weight on the word "could."
Except in this case the lottery doesn't exist, the ticket is a fake, and we're all about to be screwed when the bubble bursts.
So, in a way, he's right. A lot of white collar (and blue collar and no collar) jobs could be gone in 12 months, due to the AI bubble popping. Nice of him to put his name out there now so we know who's to blame.
Let's replace him with an AI. Let's hang an ugly leather jacket up in a datacenter and replace Jensen Huang while we're at it.
"...so you'd better not ask for a raise!" is the unspoken addition to that quote.
The same Chief who said they needed to find something useful with their product or risk public backlash?
Mmhmm yes, snake oil salesman, tell me more about how your snake oil is going to cure capitalism. I believe you.
While it's true anyone that has asked an LLM a question about a field they are an expert in knows this is bullshit, your bosses boss can likely be convinced otherwise.
Hahahahahaha. My firm is so overworked thanks to work cleaning aftwr AI related fuckups that we are often triple booked or more.
If this keeps up, gray beards are going to retire in luxury thanks to this AI bullshit.
So he's searching a blue-collar position now? I've heard farmers are short-handed, so if he got his papers in order ......
....said some dumbass executive, while masturbating furiously at the fantasy.
Another, "trust me, bro" article to keep that bubble pumped just another week
How is this different from what they all claimed 3 years ago:
He claimed that this AI model will be able to do almost everything a human professional does. adding that it will allow Microsoft to offer powerful AI tools to clients that can automate routine tasks for knowledge workers.
The only "difference" I see is that now they are calling it "Professional Grade AI"... I guess they were just pumping out the "amateur grade AI" until now
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