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Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace (fortune.com)
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“I think what a CEO does is maybe one of the easier things maybe for an AI to do one day,” he said. Although he didn’t talk specifically about CEO functions that an AI could do better, Pichai noted the tech will eliminate some jobs but also “evolve and transition” others—ramifications that mean “people will need to adapt.”

Pichai’s comments come as other tech CEOs have also predicted the coming of a new era of chief executive automations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously said AI will someday do his job better than him, adding, “I will be nothing but enthusiastic the day that happens.” Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna, also said in a post on X earlier this year that “AI is capable of doing all our jobs, my own included.”

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

if it's so easy an ai could replace it than why are ceos the highest paid position in the company?

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Because job difficulty and job pay aren't correlated under capitalism.

The easiest job is to own assets. Not manage assets. Own them. Which is to say get your name on a title of a sufficiently large asset, and the money just rolls in while you sleep in bed. You sleep, your asset works. For a large enough asset this also provides the largest pay.

Owners need lieutenants to look after their assets. That's what a CEO is.

So why are CEOs so highly paid? Because if you do not, they will embezzle (steal) money from your asset since they control every aspect of your asset's daily functioning! So you need to cut the CEO in on the grift of being a big asset owner.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Easy for computers doesn't mean it's easy for humans, and vice versa.