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0 pointsthbb12311mo ago0 comments

CEOs like to brag about how AI is going to replace skilled workers. Yet, it should be obvious to anyone having experience in LLMs that top executives are the jobs that are most likely replaceable by AI.

Just keep smooth talking everyone into cost reductions and make arbitrary decisions to make it feel like you're actually in charge.

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dylan60411mo ago· 9 in thread

Wouldn't that be funny to see an AI bot replace the CEO of something like Boeing, and then see the company turn around in positive moves? Feed an LLM all of the business data that a CEO would have and then ask it to make the same decisions the CEO would be expected to make. Since layoffs would be the trend online for LLMs to train on, would they come up with slop that looks like they too follow the trends? If companies are willing to replace dev with AI, why are boards not looking at all of the C-suite offices with the same mindset?

DaveZale11mo ago

Same with the Federal Reserve. Why not continuously adjust interest rates, instead of all of Wall Street agonizing over each decision made?

dylan60411mo ago

How would not adjusting vs always adjusting be any different? Is it not a made decision to leave it alone and not change it?

astrange11mo ago

Because the agonizing is part of their job. That's called "animal spirits" / managing expectations. The expectation of future interest rates is nearly as important as what they actually are.

_DeadFred_11mo ago

Wallstreet would be screwed by this. You can't take away the gambling aspect and big wins because then you are left with a pre-80s style market where dividends and steady income matter over 'line goes up next quarter'. The current market would HATE that.

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90s_dev11mo ago

It seems to me that a large percentage of jobs exist just to exist, and that they use their continued existence to justify their continued existence. I wonder how much the world would keep spinning if 90% of people were laid off. Maybe we'll find out if AI is adopted widely enough...

mandevil11mo ago

If data was reliable, instant, and comprehensive, this might work. Of course, under those circumstances socialism or communism would probably work out even better.

It is precisely because data comes out murkily, with a lag - and the effects of changes have a lag as well- that managing the Federal Reserve can't by reduced to a simple process. It is an art done by humans- one where 'general trust in the institution' is the single most important variable of the last 40 years.

baq11mo ago

Interest rates work with different lags in different parts of the economy. The current hiking cycle basically only just has taken its full effect (think when people refinance debt and when they delay this.)

fijiaarone11mo ago

CEOs don't have any data.

meindnoch11mo ago

You can't put an LLM in charge of a company. You need an actual human to take legal responsib- oh, wait a second...

andsoitis11mo ago· 3 in thread

> anyone having experience in LLMs that top executives are the jobs that are most likely replaceable by AI.

That’s not my assessment. Why do you say that?

CBLT11mo ago

They make that claim because what CEOs write down could easily be written by a Markov Model, nevermind an LLM. If that was the primary value a CEO brought to the company they'd be right.

The most important thing a CEO brings is relationships. LLMs can't do that (yet).

Post script: there's still a chance that LLMs replace CEOs due to LLMs being easier for the board to influence/control.

red-iron-pine11mo ago

because 95% of the time it's "follow the herd" BS + always defer to the lowest cost. the rest is schmoozing, making people feel comfortable, sounding confident, and working the soft skills.

chatGPT always sounds confident, and it's not hard for it to calculate the lowest possible option and take it.

paulcole11mo ago

because ceo bad/dumb and eng good/smart

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apwell2311mo ago

> Yet, it should be obvious to anyone having experience in LLMs that top executives are the jobs that are most likely replaceable by AI.

Yes given those are jobs where hallucination is a feature not a bug

9cb14c1ec011mo ago

Seems to me like a couple of if-then-else statements could do a better job than some executives.

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16 comments · 4 top-level

dylan60411mo ago· 9 in thread

DaveZale11mo ago

Same with the Federal Reserve. Why not continuously adjust interest rates, instead of all of Wall Street agonizing over each decision made?

dylan60411mo ago

How would not adjusting vs always adjusting be any different? Is it not a made decision to leave it alone and not change it?

astrange11mo ago

Because the agonizing is part of their job. That's called "animal spirits" / managing expectations. The expectation of future interest rates is nearly as important as what they actually are.

_DeadFred_11mo ago

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90s_dev11mo ago

mandevil11mo ago

If data was reliable, instant, and comprehensive, this might work. Of course, under those circumstances socialism or communism would probably work out even better.

baq11mo ago

fijiaarone11mo ago

CEOs don't have any data.

meindnoch11mo ago

You can't put an LLM in charge of a company. You need an actual human to take legal responsib- oh, wait a second...

andsoitis11mo ago· 3 in thread

> anyone having experience in LLMs that top executives are the jobs that are most likely replaceable by AI.

That’s not my assessment. Why do you say that?

CBLT11mo ago

They make that claim because what CEOs write down could easily be written by a Markov Model, nevermind an LLM. If that was the primary value a CEO brought to the company they'd be right.

The most important thing a CEO brings is relationships. LLMs can't do that (yet).

Post script: there's still a chance that LLMs replace CEOs due to LLMs being easier for the board to influence/control.

red-iron-pine11mo ago

because 95% of the time it's "follow the herd" BS + always defer to the lowest cost. the rest is schmoozing, making people feel comfortable, sounding confident, and working the soft skills.

chatGPT always sounds confident, and it's not hard for it to calculate the lowest possible option and take it.

paulcole11mo ago

because ceo bad/dumb and eng good/smart

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apwell2311mo ago

> Yet, it should be obvious to anyone having experience in LLMs that top executives are the jobs that are most likely replaceable by AI.

Yes given those are jobs where hallucination is a feature not a bug

9cb14c1ec011mo ago

Seems to me like a couple of if-then-else statements could do a better job than some executives.

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