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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by mbesto on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:05PM (#46416223)
> If Elon can be CEO of three companies and the founder of a couple more while also finding time to tweet 50+ times a day, have a failed and embarrassing stint in trying to optimize the federal government, and get K-holed at parties then the demands of the job can't be that rigorous.

Except, Elon has been largely successful at being the "CEO" of these companies because he attracts talent to them. So...either:

(1) Businesses still will require human talent and if so, I don't see how an AI bot will replace a CEO who is necessary to attract human talent.

OR

(2) Businesses don't require any human talent beneath the CEO and thus a CEO is still necessary, or at least some type of "orchestrator" to direct the AI bots beneath them.

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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by titzer on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:10PM (#46416261)
From contact with former SpaceX and Tesla engineers, these companies attract talent in spite of the CEO.
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by darth_avocado on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:35PM (#46416444)
Keep in mind, SpaceX and Tesla are both in industries where people don’t actually have that many other options. If you really want to see what talent Elon is able to attract, you need to look at his other companies like X.
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by guywithahat on Sunday December 28, 2025 @09:23PM (#46416789)
My experience would lead me to disagree, Elon companies tend to be highly competitive to apply for, and working for one is still quite prestigious among people hiring. If young engineer support means anything their merch is still quite popular among college engineering students
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Re:CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? by mbesto on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @11:55AM (#46435231)
That might be true, but I suspect my point is rather that Elon attracted the initial talent (likely through compensation) and thats what attracts the next level. In the wise words of my Olympian swimmer friend "The only way I could become an Olympic swimmer was by training next to people faster than me".
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