'I think we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks': Microsoft AI chief thinks AI will replace most white-collar work in the 12 to 18 months - so is this the end for human workers?

• Microsoft AI head says white-collar jobs could be at risk from AI
• Major change could be coming over next 12-18 months
• Mustafa Suleyman is the latest in a series of tech CEOs to sound alarm on jobs effect

Microsoft's AI chief has declared his belief AI is set to advance so far as to be able to replace white-collar job roles within the next 12-18 months.

Speaking in a YouTube interview with the Financial Times, Mustafa Suleyman addressed the company's push towards “artificial capable intelligence” a term he coined for the next step towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

“I think we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks," Suleyman said. "So, white-collar work, where you’re sitting down at a computer - either being, you know, a lawyer, or an accountant, or a project manager, or a ...