By Wes Fenlon February 13, 2026
It’s been at least 17 minutes since I’ve read a breathless prediction about AI superintelligence making my brain obsolete, but thankfully Microsoft AI CEO spoke with the Financial Times this week to deliver a doozy: we’re a mere 12-18 months away from AI being able to do the job of practically anybody sitting at a desk.
“I think that we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks,” he said in the interview, as reported by Business Insider. By professional tasks, Suleyman elaborated, he was referring to white collar jobs mostly done at a computer. “Either being 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,” he said.
Hmm—odd. Do you notice anything missing in that comprehensive list of white collar jobs above? I’m racking my brain trying to think of other jobs one might do primarily seated at a computer. Oh! I know! What about “Mostly sitting in a lot of meetings, sending emails telling other people what to do, and making wild predictions that get investors excited regardless of how moored they are in reality?”
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