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[–] BugleFingers 63 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

If CEOs legally must do what benefits the shareholders, than cutting millions in employment costs by swapping CEOs with AI is now their legal obligation

(Probably won't happen, but I can dream!)

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Can't happen. CEOs need to take the fall when the company is caught doing real shady shit, it's why they get paid so much AND have golden parachutes to boot.

Soon as you replace the CEO with AI, the question rises: when the company is, for example, caught accidentally making people less alive than desired in order to make profits better, who's at fault? The AI company? They wouldn't take that blow to their image. Has to be an individual.

I'm not trying to say CEOs are innocent snowflakes. I'm saying they're expected to be ruthless bloodsuckers and when the time comes, they protect the board by getting fired. Then the board chooses a new ruthless bloodsucker.

[–] ThePantser 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

CEOs need to take the fall when the company is caught doing real shady shit

When? Only fall they take is from the bullet in their back

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They get "fired". Then everyone washes their hands of them and the exact same bullshit can continue under the next CEO because profit comes first.

[–] mumblerfish 10 points 3 weeks ago

And that first CEO becomes a CEO or board member for another company. And round it goes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or when the current CEO wants to do some shady shit, they resign and they bring in someone just to take the fall. Then the "good" CEO comes back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's another way to do it, yeah

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