Socialism May Evolve to be the Knee-jerk Response to AI Takeover of White Collar Jobs

The CEO of Microsoft-AI predicts the obsolescence of white collar jobs by AI in 18 months. The revolutionary AI is likely to draw a counter-revolution by displaced white collar workers voting with Democrats to replace democracy in the U.S.A. with socialism. And that would be unfortunate.

Democracy itself has the tools that would best adapt the U.S. economy to the new facts of life. Yet would would require an intelligent, well-informed electorate led by the politicians with similar qualifications and of course that is improbable. Instead, uncreative poll-driven politicians are elected and do a poor job and the media divides itself between those saying the new dummie is doing the best job ever and those saying he or she is the devil.

A democracy can vote to increase taxes on those that own the AI operated corporate world to a level able to support hundreds of millions of citizens without a basic income. Service workers too will be evolved into idleness by robots eventually. Socialism would tend to stop innovation or bridle it to such at extent that creativity would decline while society would ossify along lines of social decay.

Democrats and Republicans tend to regard politics and the political economy of the present era continuing indefinitely into the future. Neither seem to appreciate the power of AI to throw tens of millions out of work or the consequences of that. It is no longer a science fiction scenario; the machine is on the walk to the front door.

Gemini wrote;

“In a February 2026 interview with the Financial Times, Suleyman stated that AI is rapidly reaching human-level performance and could automate most white-collar tasks within 12 to 18 months. 

Key Predictions from Mustafa Suleyman:

• Targeted Professions: He specifically named lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers as roles where routine computer-based tasks are highly vulnerable to near-term automation.
• Nature of the Shift: Suleyman described the development of “professional-grade AGI” (Artificial General Intelligence) capable of handling nearly any task involving “sitting down at a computer”.
• Current Evidence: He pointed to software engineering as an early example, noting that AI-assisted coding is already used for the vast majority of code production. 

Contrasting Views:

• Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO): Nadella has historically taken a more moderate stance, suggesting AI will redefine cognitive labor and increase efficiency rather than making workers irrelevant.
• Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO): While also predicting AGI within five years, Altman has suggested it might “whoosh by” with less immediate societal impact than some expect.
• Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Senator reacted to Suleyman’s prediction by calling it an “economic earthquake” and urging for safeguards to protect workers. “-end Gemini quote