There have been several articles in recent months about AI replacing executive jobs.
Here’s one where nearly half of CEOs believe AI could replace their jobs! https://lnkd.in/dt2C7JHh
I keep coming back to: huh?
If that’s the case, why are they in the jobs right now?
Is what they do really fully automatable? Or is this just going along with the “AI flow,” an attempt at organizational egality PR, or something else?
Also from the linked article: “During Agarwal’s tenure as CEO of edX, he spent nearly 80% of his time on “mundane” tasks like “reports and repeated presentations, or saying the same thing to a lot of people in different ways,” he says.”
First, communicating mission, values, and vision is a big part of a CEO’s job, along with ceaseless working to keep all stakeholders aligned. Yes, that may seem like “grunt work” but it’s essential to business success. Did he identify what was his unique “add” and delegate the rest, to human or AI? Doesn’t sound like it.
Second, if the tasks were truly low value, that’s a MASSIVE misuse of CEO time, unless the CEO is paid the same as an executive assistant or other roles – whether all human or human/AI combination – that could be doing “mundane” tasks where “mundane” means not central to the CEO’s value to the organization. Unless of course by “mundane” he means “I don’t like,” and it’s actually part of the role 😉 … back to the first point.
A CEO needs to focus on what a CEO should focus on …
A more likely scenario is a lot of small(er) companies with human CEOs and substantial work being carried out by AI.
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