Here’s a cool little experiment that the people at The Hustle did: they used AI to replace the CEOs at several companies and compared what AI would do to what they actually did.
Same company. Same data. Same market conditions.
It’s a fun read. Spoiler alert: some of the decisions are the same, some are different.
AI is really good at patterns. It’s good at bounded problems. It’s good at history.
Part of being a CEO is all those things.
However, part of being a CEO is also leadership. Leadership isn’t just making decisions given all the facts. Leadership is about having a vision for the future.
AI has no vision for the future. Just incentives.
If you’re a CEO, you should be using AI.
But also, you should be asking, “What kind of company do we want to be?”
