“I think what a CEO does is maybe one of the easier things maybe for an AI to do one day,” he said. Although he didn’t talk specifically about CEO functions that an AI could do better, Pichai noted the tech will eliminate some jobs but also “evolve and transition” others—ramifications that mean “people will need to adapt.”
Pichai’s comments come as other tech CEOs have also predicted the coming of a new era of chief executive automations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously said AI will someday do his job better than him, adding, “I will be nothing but enthusiastic the day that happens.” Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna, also said in a post on X earlier this year that “AI is capable of doing all our jobs, my own included.”
So, he practically says that being a CEO is trivial and mechanical.
How does that justify the insane pay then?
Like the other person said, its never justified, its just they run the company so who can really tell them otherwise.
Shareholders maybe? but they won’t rock the boat.
It’s never justified. They see they can get away with it, and so they do.
Because they are the fall guy when the company does something illegal (like most of them do all the time) and get caught.
The real perps (shareholders) get away scot-free by claiming they didn’t know it was happening.
The board and directors, not shareholders. Most companies have non-voting shareholders. Unless it’s Blackrock or their ilk, because they have significant influence even without voting rights.