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by renegade-otter 751 days ago
And yet, once the money dries up after chasing another pointless hype, the "visionary" CEO will still keep their job - while starting yet another round of layoffs.
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If anything, the post you are responding to explains why CEOs have to think this way, they have no real choice. No one really knows where AI is going, yet staying on the sidelines is not an option.
The job of a CEO is to make sure the company is viable and liquid longterm, communicating their thinking.

"Society made me do it" is not a strategy.