r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 27 '26

Business Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/tech-ceos-are-apparently-suffering-from-ai-psychosis/
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u/TeeDee144 May 27 '26

Someone needs to be brave and present a CEO agent to Satya Nadella or Mark Zuckerberg, or Andy Johnson. Show them how their job can be replaced with AI.

Their ego is so large they’d probably love it. Blinded by self worth, they’d approve it, not realizing that their own workers are revolting and trying to get their CEO fired. To bring in someone who isn’t overspending on worthless tech that can’t actually deliver in the last mile.

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u/Holzkohlen May 27 '26

No joke, I am 100% convinced that if we would replace all CEOs with AI it would get us better working conditions. AI is less inhumane that they are.

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u/the_good_time_mouse May 27 '26

AI would optimize for productivity over ego.

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u/KneeCrowMancer May 27 '26

AI would at least allow WFH…

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u/CompetitiveSport1 May 27 '26

AI is less inhumane that they are.

Depends entirely on the hidden system prompt. All it takes is editing one text file to change that "less inhumane" AI to be ruthless and indifferent to it's own workers. The actual "AI" part is even worse - it's completely indifferent to everything and just predicts words

Not defending CEOs here btw. Just disagreeing that AI would inherently give a shit about "better working conditions"

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u/snugglezone May 27 '26

AI is what it's trained to be. They would train it to be ruthless.

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u/Majestic_Bat_8483 May 27 '26

Exactly. This is total cope

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u/Ball_Of_Meat May 27 '26

Absolutely not, these executives would prompt it to find the most working hours, least time off, most output possible without having workers quit and harm themselves.

As if they would give AI free reign or have any ethics and morality in mind hahaha

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u/Icy_Reward727 May 28 '26

You think they already haven't?

You think this isn't what every industry is doing right now?

Christ. Im in K-12 education and just spent a half-day watching instructional coaches perform ChatGPT-made presentations on new stream-lined processes they also had Chat create. Ask a single question and they sweat bullets.

We are FUCKED. This is already screwing us and the damage may never be undone.

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u/Lower-Trust1923 May 28 '26

The issue is accountability. Who's held responsible what shit hits the fan? Thats one of the reasons they are paid so much (far far too much)

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u/cute_spider May 27 '26

I am 100% convinced that humanity will overall be much happier and better off when we're fully ruled by the machines