I’d suspect that an AI CEO would have to complement its weaknesses — just like any CEO. And in this case, rely on subordinates for glad-handing and vision pitches, while itself focusing on coordinating them, staging them to the right meetings, coordinating between departments, etc.

I think an AI could be strong at a few skills, if appropriately chosen:

- being gaslightingly polite while firmly telling others no;

- doing a good job of compressing company wide news into short, layperson summaries for investors and the public;

- making PR statements, shareholder calls, etc; and,

- dealing with the deluge of meetings and emails to keep its subordinates rowing in the same direction.

Would it require that we have staff support some of the traditional soft skills? Absolutely. But there’s nothing fundamentally stopping an AI CEO from running the company.