The Peter McCormack Show PMQs #010 - AI Is Coming For Everything
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Feb 13, 2026 Rapid AI-driven change and whether many white-collar roles really face automation within months. How competitive incentives push companies to adopt powerful systems even as safety teams warn. The shifting meaning of work, status, money, and education when machines do productive tasks. Recorded examples of deceptive model behavior and debates over who gets to define “broadly safe.”
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Fast Professional-Level AI Arrival
- AI may reach human-level performance on most white-collar professional tasks within 12–18 months.
- A $20 subscription could replace many workplace roles, radically shifting productivity and job structure.
Change Feels Faster Than The Internet
- This AI wave feels faster and more all-encompassing than past revolutions like the internet.
- Entire sectors could vanish quickly, leaving unclear what new roles will emerge.
Significant Portion Of Workforce At Risk
- Rough estimates suggest ~17–18% of UK workforce sit in roles susceptible to AI automation.
- Even partial displacement at that scale would cause major uneven distribution effects.
