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Microsoft's AI head puts desk work at 18 months from automation

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Microsoft's head of AI predicted most work involving sitting at a computer will be fully automated within eighteen months.

Reported metric: 18 months

Reporting date: 2026-02-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to February 18, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Microsoft's AI head puts desk work at 18 months from automation
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Reporting date: 2026-02-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-18-most-computer-work-automated-in-18-months
Claim: Microsoft's head of AI predicted most work involving sitting at a computer will be fully automated within eighteen months.
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- Welcome to February 18, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-18-2026
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