The list of valid use cases for AI is bound by “what is the worst possible consequence of a mistake done here”
I expect Agentic AI to fuck society up by an accumulation over time of random catastrophic mistakes that kill people and collapse otherwise stable companies, mistakes that humans in such positions would never do or at least be way less likely to do.
Trust where trust is earned. Unfortunately, our leadership isn’t particularly trustworthy.
These CEOs ensure no one smarter than them gets promoted. He said, “[The CEO] would never have anyone underneath him as his assistant that’s brighter than he is because that might constitute a threat. So, therefore, with many exceptions, we have CEOs becoming dumber and dumber and dumber.”
He first said those things over 20 years ago, and they’re more true today than ever.
Trust where trust is earned. Unfortunately, our leadership isn’t particularly trustworthy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/carl-icahn-once-said-boards-173021236.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/16/icahn-too-many-companies-run-by-morons.html
These CEOs ensure no one smarter than them gets promoted. He said, “[The CEO] would never have anyone underneath him as his assistant that’s brighter than he is because that might constitute a threat. So, therefore, with many exceptions, we have CEOs becoming dumber and dumber and dumber.”
He first said those things over 20 years ago, and they’re more true today than ever.