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If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by Jensson »

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #37

Software engineer here trying to start a startup. The amount of business advice GPT-4 has given me is immeasurable. I'd say I'm getting 10x more non technical business advice in multiple areas than I'm getting with the technical stuff. Kind of like an AI CEO advising me on what to do next.

> I'd say I'm getting 10x more non technical business advice in multiple areas than I'm getting with the technical stuff.

Probably in large part because you can't verify when its wrong since that isn't your area of expertise, so those advice looks better to you.

You should assume your org will be the same quality as a program written by a non-technical person using an LLM if you do it that way.

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by bee_rider »

jmkni wrote: post #30
vessenes wrote: post #23

A fair number of r/antiwork type takes on this below. Since this is HackerNews, let's follow through the logic -- if the AI you're running is the CEO, who are you? You're the owner / shareholder / (board if you want to be). This wave of AI is like giving a superpower to people who can direct/imagine/realize what they want, describe it, and (for now) glue together the output of the AI. A lot of the work is ongoing thi…

Journalism is an interesting one as, in a way, the most important thing isn’t being correct/accurate/imformative etc, it’s getting clicks AI is already very good at writing clickbait nonsense, and if an AI can pump that out faster than a real person can, it’s game over

Actual journalists, like the people that go out and follow leads, interview people… ya know, investigate—they’ll be a little harder to replace with AI since their job happens in the meat-space. Hot-take writers and other people whose job is opinion having might have more trouble.

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by raincole »

vessenes wrote: post #23

A fair number of r/antiwork type takes on this below. Since this is HackerNews, let's follow through the logic -- if the AI you're running is the CEO, who are you? You're the owner / shareholder / (board if you want to be). This wave of AI is like giving a superpower to people who can direct/imagine/realize what they want, describe it, and (for now) glue together the output of the AI. A lot of the work is ongoing thi…

> Additionally, I think it's good to remember that among the people most threatened by this future, it's those who write for a living. Journalists, script writers and lawyers, essentially.

An anecdote:

I live in a non-english-speaking country. Most people in academic fields can speak and write English, but not as good as a native speaker. It's a common practice here before submitting an essay, you send it to a professional editor to fix up / flesh out your broken English.

The whole thing has been gone. The workflow just have vanished in less than 2 years. So I just shrug when people tell me that AI won't actually replace any job.

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by hubraumhugo »

I'm a bit surprised that we currently see so many sensational headlines on HN. There was just another one on the front page: "Anthropic Chief of Staff: These next 3 years might be the last few that I work."

AI is useful and not just hype, but we don't see any larger shifts in the labor market or economy.

Will AI automate tedious repetitive tasks, such as form filling, data analysis, and data entry? Yes, absolutely.

Will AI take your job? Unlikely, at least in the near future.

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by batch12 »

monkeydust wrote: post #20
CTDOCodebases wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who would create the agent though? In essence the person at the top of that pyramid is the politician.

A possible starting point is an existing political party fielding an AI candidate for an existing seat. Most parties are struggling to find candidates, many are standing down in this election cycle, of course most of that is from one party that has really long odds of remaining in power.

So a bunch of unknown people pulling strings for a puppet candidate that can't be held responsible for its output?

As the leader, its generated text would result in actions that follow. So humans following the instructions of a non-sentient python script which is incapable of fear or regret or love.

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by j-bos »

Jensson wrote: post #41
aussieguy1234 wrote: post #37

Software engineer here trying to start a startup. The amount of business advice GPT-4 has given me is immeasurable. I'd say I'm getting 10x more non technical business advice in multiple areas than I'm getting with the technical stuff. Kind of like an AI CEO advising me on what to do next.

> I'd say I'm getting 10x more non technical business advice in multiple areas than I'm getting with the technical stuff. Probably in large part because you can't verify when its wrong since that isn't your area of expertise, so those advice looks better to you. You should assume your org will be the same quality as a program written by a non-technical person using an LLM if you do it that way.

>You should assume your org will be the same quality as a program written by a non-technical person using an LLM if you do it that way.

Only if OP is themself not somewhat business savvy

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by iknowSFR »

jmkni wrote: post #30
vessenes wrote: post #23

A fair number of r/antiwork type takes on this below. Since this is HackerNews, let's follow through the logic -- if the AI you're running is the CEO, who are you? You're the owner / shareholder / (board if you want to be). This wave of AI is like giving a superpower to people who can direct/imagine/realize what they want, describe it, and (for now) glue together the output of the AI. A lot of the work is ongoing thi…

Journalism is an interesting one as, in a way, the most important thing isn’t being correct/accurate/imformative etc, it’s getting clicks AI is already very good at writing clickbait nonsense, and if an AI can pump that out faster than a real person can, it’s game over

Classical journalism is based on static articles that if updated, are noted in some detail. So that article I read in 2003 in the NYTs is the same today as it was on publishing. But if current and future journalism is dependent on clicks, why would AI not create dynamic journalism where articles are updated based on their reception and honed into a maximized experience?

Re: If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your CEO

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Post by drdrek »

hubraumhugo wrote: post #45

I'm a bit surprised that we currently see so many sensational headlines on HN. There was just another one on the front page: "Anthropic Chief of Staff: These next 3 years might be the last few that I work." AI is useful and not just hype, but we don't see any larger shifts in the labor market or economy. Will AI automate tedious repetitive tasks, such as form filling, data analysis, and data entry? Yes, absolutely. W…

It happened in a more toxic form in the crypto hype cycle
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