AI Won't Replace Jobs Yet, But Executives Are Already Panic-Buying Tech
KEY POINTS
- •AI researcher Gary Marcus criticized Matt Shumer’s viral 2026 essay claiming AI would rapidly disrupt jobs.
- •Klarna’s 2024 AI chatbot attempted to replace 700 human workers but CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski admitted it lowered quality.
- •Microsoft AI’s Mustafa Suleyman predicted near-total white-collar automation by 2027, but Marcus expressed skepticism, especially regarding fields like accounting.
In the grand theatrical drama of AI prediction chaos, AI expert Gary Marcus shoved back on Matt Shumer's viral 2026 apocalyptic essay claiming AI doom worse than COVID. Marcus called Shumer's essay 'weaponized hype' and 'not a shred of actual data,' warning that AI replacing humans is a century challenge, not an immediate crisis. Meanwhile, Klarna's 2024 AI chatbot once claimed to do the work of 700 people, only to face CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski's 2025 confession that cheaper AI support just meant lower quality and shameful backpedaling. Adding spice, Microsoft’s AI honcho Mustafa Suleyman boldly forecasts total white-collar automation within 18 months, but Marcus skeptically reminded us that accounting errors can send clients straight to jail—not so great for robots. Elon Musk’s legendary 'one million robo-taxis by 2020' prediction ages like a fine fruitcake, and noble laureate Geoffrey Hinton’s radiologist ban prediction morphed into a timeline-free cautionary tale. The grand takeaway? Executives are the ones making expensive guesses on AI superpowers while AI quietly chugs along, doing a fraction of humans’ multitasking miracles.
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AI isn't stealing jobs yet, but executives are already gambling billions on tech that can’t even match an accountant’s calculator skills. Meanwhile, Klarna’s AI army shrank faster than their CEO’s optimism.
Gary Marcus just roasted a viral AI essay so hard it almost logged off Twitter in shame. Turns out the robots aren’t coming for your job next week.
Executives betting big on AI to replace humans are like folks who bought beanie babies in 1998 — convinced it’s the future, doomed to regret by next year.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/13/2026 | Author: Brent D. Griffiths
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