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New Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries
www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/parody-threatens-replace-ceos-ai-110200973.html
Yahoo NewsNew Parody Site Threatens to Replace CEOs With AI for Tiny Fraction of Their Bloated Salaries"Introducing the world's first Chief Executive Replacement Engine."
I don’t know why this needs to be a joke. Assuming the rest of the company is minimally competent and the middle managers can write clear executive documents an LLM will probably beat the average CEO just by virtue of not having moods. The only downside is that LLMs can’t do in person “social networking” yet.
Replying to @ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
All true. To your question, however: until software can be named as a legal fiduciary, CEOs can only be functionally replaced. That is, a real person who can be summoned by a court has to take responsibility for whatever shit the LLM gets the company into.
E: way more replies than I’m used to, most re: same issue, so I’m clarifying here.
Preface: totally not my area, IANAL.
To clarify, I specifically meant CEOs can be named in a lawsuit by the shareholders for failure in fiduciary capacity. I didn’t mean a summons to answer for the sins of the corporation. TLDR: math models can’t be sued.
(But if I’m wrong I’m wrong.)
The middle managers can take turns as the Straw CEO for legal purposes. Or maybe someone can provide Straw CEO as a Service while living somewhere with few extradition treaties.
Replying to @ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
Haha I like it
Replying to @ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
Rotate it as an “on call” role monthly among all employees. If called upon to act, the person receives CEO-level salary for the necessary hours. And they’re in the running for an end-of-year bonus, to be voted on by all employees depending on the results of their actions in that role. (Splitting it between equally-valuable Acting CEOs is permissable.)