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Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke tells employees to prove AI can’t do the job before asking for resources. (betakit.com)
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[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 64 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why do I get the feeling that the hot new thing for CEOs to do is ask AI whenever they need to make a decision. Would explain a lot.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hey Tobi, why do need to pay you any bonus moving forward? What did you do the AI couldn't?

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

I know for certain the CEO at my company is like that. Not even how or why to do something, but what we should do. Fucking mental

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone somewhere is already asking whether a CEO's job can be done by AI.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Funny I was just wondering the other day if companies that practice vibe programming also practice vibe management.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Vibe management (and investment) is a time honored tradition. It brings you such magnificent results as Theranos.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It still amazes me that all of those investors and endorsers were so dazzled by her sales pitch that nobody bothered to actually get confirmation of any of the technical details. They just believed...that's it.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In my experience, the further up the foodchain you move (from worker bee to manager, director, VP, CEO, Board, Investors) the more they take for granted, the more they "go with their gut."

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Oh they're at the highest level of leadership? They must be really smart"

Meanwhile anyone with a brain understands the Peter principle.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 week ago

Think of someone you know with an IQ of 100 and then take a moment to realize: half the world is dumber than THAT.

Meanwhile, a lot of the less technically, physically, intellectually capable people I know seem to place value on "sucking up" to "their betters" in hopes that some of that success will rub off on them. "Their betters" are well aware of this game and often keep the hangers on around just because they're occasionally useful and don't cost them much, if anything.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

It is literally one of the jobs, AI is best fitted to kill 🤭

It is all statistics, just like LLMs

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 2 weeks ago

We hit rock bottom a long time ago: https://dealbreaker.com/2007/10/icahn-explains-why-are-there-so-many-idiots-running-shit It takes power tools to make progress in the bedrock.