The AI CEO

 The succession competition is taking place at Disney. If this were happening just a few years down the road about who would follow Bob Iger as CEO one of the contenders might be AI. Some AI watchers don't frame that possibility as far-fetched.

The Wall Street Journal has published an earnest article on AI running an entire company. After all, eventually that technology will exceed human intelligence. And it has been human intelligence - those smartest kids in the room - which produced such failures as New Coke, the AOL - Time Warner merger and putting on contract at Vanity Fair Olivia Nuzzi. It was also human intelligence, like that of Jeff Skilling, which destroyed corporations such as Enron, putting thousands out of work and wiping out investments.

Actually, what could put sand in these technological gears is the issue of the rank and file workforce. There are decisions to be made about what percentage should be and can legally be robots. Good luck lobbying Congress and government agencies about that kind of "permission." 

You bet, bring in the lawyers. Already elite law firms ranging from Paul, Weiss to Latham have AI practices. To get those assignments from companies law firm CMOs will have to learn how to pitch to the AI CEO.

In coaching, I'm noticing more knowledge workers are accepting the reality of the threat to their livelihood from AI. Most are receptive to shifting to being a solopreneur. That is, identify a gap in what people want/need and figure out how to fill it better, faster and priced lower than any other upstarts. The startup cost can be under $5K. About 70% make a profit the first year. As an solopreneur there's no payroll. No human employees to manage. 

Thrown off your game, maybe the first time since you started working? You made all the right moves and then the world moved in another direction.

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