Boards of directors have critical new responsibilities in the AI era

Here’s how to build the new capabilities.

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“The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.” —Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas

According to the people building today’s most powerful AI models, the CEO will soon be obsolete. Sundar Pichai, head of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has called the CEO role “one of the easier things” for AI to handle. Sam Altman has said he would be embarrassed if OpenAI were not the first major company to be run by an AI CEO. These are provocative statements, not only for their bold predictions about future AI capabilities but also for the assumptions they make about the nature of leadership. Ultimately, these views rest on the premise that every part of the senior leadership role can be reduced to a set of........

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