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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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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Let's run the job requirements list:

  • amoral
  • talks a lot about things they don't understand
  • comfortable with lying if it benefits their goals
  • emotionless psychpathic traits
  • uses enormous amount of resources for questinable gains
  • good at manipulation
  • bad at maths
  • occasional racist outbursts on social media

Yeah all seems to check out. Replace the CEOs, AI can't do worse.

[–] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 hours ago

Indeed, a LLM can certainly spout bullshit on social media.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

Never thought I'd hear honesty out of a C-Suiter

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

At least he's honest, I guess. This time.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Fuck this festering, soul-sucking, vomit-inducing pile of rancid goat shit masquerading as a human being named Sundar Pichai. This tech-bro tyrant, this silicon-sucking vampire lord, deserves to have his entire empire of pixelated bullshit crumble into digital dust.

Fuck Sundar, his bloated ego, his bloodline of bootlicking enablers, his sprawling McMansion fortress built on the backs of underpaid code slaves. Fuck his family tree—may it wither and rot like the diseased orchard it is. Fuck his house, that gaudy shrine to ill-gotten greed, stuffed with gadgets that spy on the world while he hides in his ivory tower.

Fuck his company, that dystopian data-hoarding behemoth called Google—may it glitch into oblivion, algorithms choking on their own surveillance vomit. Fuck his billions, those filthy stacks of cash soaked in the sweat of exploited workers and the tears of privacy's victims. May his fortune evaporate faster than a crypto scam in a bear market.

Fuck his shit-stained excuses for opinions, those corporate diarrhea dribbles masquerading as wisdom. This guy's not just dangerous—he's a walking apocalypse, a societal cancer more toxic than any tin-pot dictator or orange-faced demagogue currently shitting on the world stage. He's the architect of our surveillance nightmare, the puppet master pulling strings while the planet burns. Burn in hell, you algorithm-abusing asshole—may your legacy be forgotten in the ashes of your own hubris!

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

AI is advancing so swiftly, he said, that over the next 12 months the tech will be able to perform “complex” tasks and act as an agent on a users’ behalf.

I must be having the same deja vu for a hundredth time. What a clown.

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

They keep the lie alive to appease the stocks market happy.

And he didn't specify how shitty the complex tasks will be done.

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

I would love to see a study where they ask a 2024 AI for business decisions around things that happened in 2025. How much you want to bet it already can?

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Can’t wait for that AI dividend UBI check.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The only onstacle here is ethics, which the human CEOs already lack. So what are we waiting for?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Did anyone else, forced to use MS at work, wake up to an email from Sundar Pichai about the wonders of Copilot?

They are fucking desperate for anyone to take up on this garbage tech

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

He's not worried though, so we know where they stand on how good this 'AI' is.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 hours ago

Of course he's cool with AI taking his job, he's got a golden parachute for early retirement

[–] somtwo@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago

The job of a tech CEO:

  • Chase trends
  • Mass layoffs in time to make the quarterly reports look better
  • FOMO
  • ???
  • Profit!
[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I agree AI could easily take on the role of the biggest dork in the company, which is largely what the CEO is.

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 14 hours ago

Hate to add to this.

He's saying it to heat up the topic.

These people liked the heaps of cheap good hardware after the dotcom crash, so now they want cheap good hardware, specialized.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 42 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

You don't even need AI. Just pay staff less and charge customers more, and give the stolen money to shareholders. Ta-da! That's the CEO's job done.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, doesn't seem worth using AI to me.

I can manually program that much in an hour.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 15 hours ago

Because upper management is less checked, they make a lot of human choices, such as keeping a lot of bullshit job positions open as garden hermits (there for scenery, to look busy).

AI tasked with actually increasing profits may run the business better than their human counterparts.

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Hype up vaporware. Be unprofitable but keep on hyping to draw in investors and inflate stocks and give yourself an inflated salary and sell off stocks periodically.

If get lucky enough vaporware eventually becomes a viable company or it goes bankrupt but its fine you already cashed out along the way. Yay.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Become the shareholder and pay yourself ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] hereforawhile@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago

Haha I like that emote

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

As much as I like hating CEO's... Aren't small company CEO's included? I feel that at least some of those people risked it all to build a company so they really shouldn't be bundled in here...

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

As a CEO, you get to decide if your company invests in this BS. So your job can be quite safe if you choose.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago

Collectives are better. Share risk, responsibility, and reward.

[–] MoreZombies@quokk.au 49 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

A computer can never be held accountable, so a computer should never hold a management position.

Also, Sundar Pichai is a dick.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 57 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Not being held accountable is the main tenant of modern CEOs

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

They are incredibly sorry all the time though.

Which LLMs can already do very well.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Yea I’m not seeing any real difference. Something that plagurisng and takes credit for what others achieved and also isn’t held accountable for anything.

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[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I see this as the real problem. Companies will use AI CEOs to take the blame when it makes bad decisions, whether it be to investors or in court. I hope we get to see an AI CEO testify in court.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I would love to see a whole AI data-centre and its accompanying nuclear power plant get arrested.

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 109 points 1 day ago (12 children)

How is an AI chatbot going to eat a business lunch?

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[–] muxika@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

In a better timeline, if that becomes true, then bring on the UBI.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

UBI for former CEOs/Trump's big donors. None for the rest of us.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for the day when a major company has their AI CEO absolutely tank the company.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That’s more an indictment of how we believe human society should be run than an endorsement of AI tbh

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I’m sure there are many jobs AI is not capable of doing but some CEOs probably do a bad enough job that an AI chat bot could probably do better.

I know we like to dump on CEOs all the time but a good CEO does not seem like one that could be replaced by AI, certainly not by what is currently being hyped. There are just a lot of highly visible companies with CEOs who aren’t actually very good. I suspect the dysfunction of publicly traded companies and the goals of Wall Street investors (or other nations’ equivalents) frequently not aligning with a good long-term health of a company has a strong influence on this.

And of course these guys will be happy to have AI replace them; they’ve already made boatloads of money and think they’ll be able to keep that going even if they lose their job.

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Being a good CEO is 95% about social networking; creating and maintaining trustworthy relationships with others who will provide you with good support. AI can't do this, as it's a truly human thing.

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[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 28 points 1 day ago

Something that consistently makes bad choices with little more than random probability? You don't say

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