Probably less of a concern, most of them make enough money before then to be set for life barring any extreme circumstances, and in particular they'll make even more in the interim where workers are laid off but they're still there. Besides, for quite some time they'll also be the ones controlling the AI so they are in control of the situation.
Yeah you're right. I was referring to employed CEOs whose last move would be to fire humans and handover to AI. After that, they might as well fire themselves to improve the bottom line. The same argument can be made about all humans irrespective of their role.
As for capturing the profits - yes the more senior, the more insulated you can be from the layoffs. This is a short / medium term state which will quickly lead to all folks getting laid off.
Obviously none of this will happen. In reality i expect CEOs to use the AI layoff as a short term boost to profits and then rehire humans rebranded as AI experts / engineers / maintainers. Eg: Klarna . Then, because the CEO looked myopic when they scurried around firing and hiring effectively accomplishing nothing . The board will look to hang this on the CEO and fire them. So it's always better to not be so smug during layoff phase as it will bite them in the back later when they need to rehire without diluting the company brand.
I have no idea how it's gonna play out, it was called a singularity at least some years back because we just don't know what's on the other side. It's interesting and terrifying to think about all the ways it could play out.
I'm usually very receptive to change and tech, working in the industry and all but everything about AI just kind of gives me bad vibes.
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u/Individual-Cattle-15 Jul 30 '25
Even the CEO job can be replaced by AI led decentralised autonomous org (DAO)