Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence will match or exceed human abilities across nearly all digital work categories by the end of 2027. Replying to Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on X, Musk said AI could outperform humans in coding, research, writing, legal work, design and other tasks that do not involve physical labour.

Elon Musk has predicted that AI will match or exceed human capability across nearly every category of digital work by the end of 2027, in a reply posted on X to Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch.

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Responding to Rauch, Musk said AI would be capable of handling any task that is purely digital - as opposed to physical work involving 'shaping atoms' - at a level surpassing human performance within roughly the next year. According to a summary of the exchange circulating on X, the fields Musk named span coding, research, writing, analysis, design, legal work, accounting, customer support, and scientific modelling.

Musk also referenced a past remark by Google co-founder Larry Page about AI's aptitude for hacking, tying his prediction to a broader pattern he suggested Page had already flagged.