99% of randomly selected white collar jobs could be replaced by AI today

99% of randomly selected white collar jobs could be replaced by AI today | what are the odds that that randomly selected job can be replaced two years from today? And Peter said he thought and he gave a very thoughtful answer and he came out at like 99%.

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what are the odds that that randomly selected job can be replaced two years from today? And Peter said he thought and he gave a very thoughtful answer and he came out at like 99%.

Peter Dannenberg (DeepMind) 99% automatable in 2y — highly aggressive even by SF standards. Not generally accepted.

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