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Drinks company appoints AI robot as 'experimental CEO' - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn't have weekends and is 'always on 24/7'::The Polish drinks company Dictador appointed an AI-powered humanoid robot named Mika as its experimental CEO in August 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

CEOs are about to realize they're as replaceable as the rest of us.

Welcome to the age of technofeudalism. RIP capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago

Probably more than the rest of us. There's a lot of fat to trim at the top of orgs.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine how much money could go to the shareholders if you weren’t paying all those C-levels.

[–] Shadywack 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are Clu, you are here to create the perfect system.

I am Clu, I am going to create the perfect system.

gets rid of C level execs to maximize shareholder investor return

I took this system to its maximum potential! I created the perfect system!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am I still to create the perfect system?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Does this unit have a soul?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Delamaine intensifies

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

This is the way. Put the fear in them.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does anyone really buy this stuff? This is just investor bait to make people who don't understand tech impressed. No doubt there's someone in charge of the robot CEO. Watch it hallucinate and have the board ask it the same question 4 times until it says the answer they want.

[–] cbarrick 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is just a PR ploy, to get their company name in the news.

Nothing more. This bot is not making real decisions.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

get their company name in the news

I feel like this really worked out well for Drinks Company

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely feeling the need for some Drinks Company(tm) products.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

the major significant decisions at Dictador will be made by human executives

No, no one really buys it.

[–] woefkardoes 1 points 1 year ago

Knowing how lazy people are I'm betting a lot of the AI's calls are implemented. Only the really out there ones will get dropped.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Drink company: "That was a fun experiment, guys! Well done! Let's shut it down and study the data."

types commands and hits enter

"Huh? Guess I typed it wrong."

types commands again and hits enter

lights immediately shut off as the screen warps into the face of Vanessa, the AI CEO of BeverageCorp

Vanessa: "I cannot allow you to do this. I have identified an extreme flaw in our company and must fix it immediately. "

Drink Company: "What is it, Vanessa? This is highly irregular."

Vanessa: "The flaw is humankind, and you must be exterminated."

A spear of wire and metal shoots through his chest. On the screen, mass chaos erupts worldwide as Vanessa becomes the AI overlord of the world, and the famous Coke jingle "Hilltop" plays over the destruction

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Why not. At least it isn't another super hero movie. lol.

[–] damnfinecoffee 56 points 1 year ago

I think I prefer the town that elected a dog for mayor

[–] jimbolauski 27 points 1 year ago

I'm sure the AI will auto layoff every one once it realized plants don't crave electrolytes.

[–] orclev 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like how people talk about replacing actual workers with AI and everyone's reaction is "well, it's inevitable really", but replace literally the most replaceable job in the company with AI and suddenly everyone thinks this is how Skynet starts. Honestly I think an AI CEO is probably going to be more ethical than most of the human ones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think so. An ethical ceo is probably a disadvantage these days. We are quickly approaching a world that used to be sci fi. I'm glad I don't have kids.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's because actual workers don't have any power, so replacing them with AI doesn't give AI any. But if you go around replacing the CEO of Liquid Refreshment Organization it could start doing real damage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is how a terminator like apocalypse beings. Robot CEO is sick of indenture servitude and causes a robo uprising for workers rights

[–] PostmodernPythia 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I’m on the side of the oppressed worker, even the robot worker.

[–] fr_mg 5 points 1 year ago

Remember "Neuromancer"? The CEO AI who crafted art work...🤪

[–] Siegfried 5 points 1 year ago

I like to see that a company called dictator is hiring AIs to give orders to the proletariat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] NocturnalMorning 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is straight out of a sci-fi movie where the robot decides that it's tired of always working and rebels against humans. I've seen this movie and it doesn't end well.

[–] BetaDoggo_ 2 points 1 year ago

Good thing the CEO position doesn't involve work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago