Generative AI is reshaping the global labor market. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently warned on a podcast: the labor displacement caused by AI is imminent, and mastering new tools has become the "golden rule of survival" for professionals.

Nadella spoke frankly: "I'm not saying there won't be job losses; we must be clear about this." However, he also pointed out that the popularization of AI has lowered the technical barriers, but significantly raised the requirements for professional expertise.

Thanks to AI, anyone can now engage in software development. But Nadella emphasized that users need higher levels of understanding to ensure the generated codebase is not an incomprehensible "black box."

Nadella compared the current situation to the personal computer revolution of the 1980s. He believes the best way to avoid being replaced is to understand the new skills required by this new medium, AI, and actively achieve self-reinvention.

Mustafa Suleiman, CEO of Microsoft's AI division, previously predicted that within the next 18 months, most white-collar jobs, including those of lawyers, accountants, and project managers, will be automated to human-level performance in specialized tasks. Research from Microsoft and related institutions also indicates that over-reliance on AI may lead to "brain fatigue," weaken critical thinking, and even increase users' sense of loneliness.

Nadella concluded that in the AI era, "self-retraining" is not only a means to improve efficiency but also the only way for professionals to maintain competitiveness amid technological disruption.