Jack Dorsey says AI should replace middle managers

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deddog said:

infinity ag said:



When he is at it, why not replace the CEO? What does the CEO do anyway, take dumb decisions and collect large paychecks. Firing the CEO and replacing him with AI would be the smartest decision in the history of mankind.



Corporate America right now..

All we need is C Level execs and AI.
Everybody else needs to be fired.

Dorsey is right, most often you don't "need" middle level managers. But I think they are very useful to keep a pulse on what's actually going on on the ground, and keep things running.
Most execs are clueless about everyday issues (which is a good thing). But that doesn't mean those issues don't exist. And someone has to firefight them.


The irony is at least in my company it's the C suite people that could easily be replaced
By AI. The further you are away from the sale or the ground the more useless you are for the success of the company. The middle level manages have the relationships with the people and producers which cannot replaced by AI. Remove or replace any of the execs and nothing happens to the business. Remove the people actually running things and you would lose business to a competitor hand over fist overnight. It's really a shortsighted statement.
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Principal Uncertainty said:

infinity ag said:

The Collective said:

What happens when there is no middle class remaining to buy your ****ty products or services?


You make the mistake of thinking long term. You are too intelligent to be a CEO.

That is why you and I are not CEOs. We think too far ahead.


Intelligence is not the problem and not lacking in most CEO's. There has been a study of the background and character traits of highly successful people. It turns out their upbringing, personalities and character traits are as varied as the average person, with only one common distinguishing characteristic. The only common trait all highly successful people share is their ability to be extremely convincing liars. Prepare accordingly.


I think you are 100% right.

In addition, they have no empathy at all. That is something I have noticed.
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Principal Uncertainty said:

infinity ag said:

The Collective said:

What happens when there is no middle class remaining to buy your ****ty products or services?


You make the mistake of thinking long term. You are too intelligent to be a CEO.

That is why you and I are not CEOs. We think too far ahead.


Intelligence is not the problem and not lacking in most CEO's. There has been a study of the background and character traits of highly successful people. It turns out their upbringing, personalities and character traits are as varied as the average person, with only one common distinguishing characteristic. The only common trait all highly successful people share is their ability to be extremely convincing liars. Prepare accordingly.


Can you point me to the peer reviewed research on this. Would love to read the findings and the stats behind it. Sounds like a great study to read.
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infinity ag said:

Principal Uncertainty said:

infinity ag said:

The Collective said:

What happens when there is no middle class remaining to buy your ****ty products or services?


You make the mistake of thinking long term. You are too intelligent to be a CEO.

That is why you and I are not CEOs. We think too far ahead.


Intelligence is not the problem and not lacking in most CEO's. There has been a study of the background and character traits of highly successful people. It turns out their upbringing, personalities and character traits are as varied as the average person, with only one common distinguishing characteristic. The only common trait all highly successful people share is their ability to be extremely convincing liars. Prepare accordingly.


I think you are 100% right.

In addition, they have no empathy at all. That is something I have noticed.


Obviously, this isn't absolute at all.
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backintexas2013 said:

Principal Uncertainty said:

infinity ag said:

The Collective said:

What happens when there is no middle class remaining to buy your ****ty products or services?


You make the mistake of thinking long term. You are too intelligent to be a CEO.

That is why you and I are not CEOs. We think too far ahead.


Intelligence is not the problem and not lacking in most CEO's. There has been a study of the background and character traits of highly successful people. It turns out their upbringing, personalities and character traits are as varied as the average person, with only one common distinguishing characteristic. The only common trait all highly successful people share is their ability to be extremely convincing liars. Prepare accordingly.


Can you point me to the peer reviewed research on this. Would love to read the findings and the stats behind it. Sounds like a great study to read.


Sorry, but read that a long time ago. I can't even remember how peer reviewed the thing was(I think not much) Right, wrong, or indifferent, it was something that stuck with me.
 
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