AI chatbots that can draft up a work email or high school essay with a simple prompt. Even the concept of working alongside AI algorithms seems far less far-fetched than it did just a year ago.
But what if you had to report to an AI boss instead? And what if that AI came in the form of a creepy, uncanny-looking humanoid robot CEO?"I don't really have weekends — I'm always on 24/7, ready to make executive decisions and stir up some AI magic," the robotBut while the rum company sees its robot as the key to its future successes, others aren't as convinced the tech is ready for prime time just yet.
Simonetti also took to the streets, asking New York City residents what they thought of the robotic CEO. While one person said they would treat it with compassion, another person argued that "robots don't need respect" because they're "just machines." If machine learning systems do keep getting stronger, though, using them in lieu of human executives might not be the farthest-fetched idea.