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@innneresting I don’t know 🙂

There are some certainties underpinning this article that I am not so certain about. For example:

“A CEO is needed to take responsibility for a company’s actions, try to repair its image, and restore public trust. No AI could ever do this.”

Why not?
After 15… https://t.co/9en1GHX4X9

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.@GaryMarcus turns my questions above into a more explicit statement:

https://t.co/7kIayMWO4E

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@ridtalkstech Yes, I know about this and I’ve talked about it in Synthetic Work, but it’s not the same as what I’m talking about it.

Tang Yu, as I understand it, is not a model that has been trained to mimic the managerial approach of any successful executive in particular. It’s just a model… https://t.co/fmbaBA47Is

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@sergedoub Aren’t we “just” algorithms shaped by genes and experience?

The challenge (and the opportunity) is capturing Bob Iger’s decision-making capabilities (not just in what to do, but in how to say things) today, at the peak of his career, regardless of what made Bob Iger Bob Iger. https://t.co/OM6F32fWe9

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@shivanshukumar Not in the long term. But at the beginning, this is both a revenue opportunity for executives and a PR opportunity for the company that claims to have appointed the synthetic version of a successful executive.

So, if this happens, many alternatives will flood the market at… https://t.co/vJIgXcqBCa

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RT @neilkatz: This thread is a must read. Totally sci-fi. Less than 5 years away.

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.@thomasfullerNYT and @sapna wrote a remarkable article for @nytimes on TikTok. This passage is exactly what I have in mind when, in the previous tweet, I talk about an AI that follows you across products and services and, because of that, is capable of manipulating your opinions… https://t.co/w7lyNEwNcQ

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@dragosilinca It’s a valid question. My answer is that, spontaneously, without me tagging anybody or eliciting a reaction, I got somebody on LinkedIn that commented on this post within 24h saying “I would love to serve virtual Bob Iger, it would easily be in the top 3 CEOs I ever worked for.”