No. There's no thinking behind AI. If anything it throws shit against the wall repeatedly until a human steps in and says "that seems to be an improvement".
Anyone who makes C-suite money would have no problem working 60 hours per week for a few years. At the level of money making once you get burn out you just retire.
Julius sounds like repeated application of The Peter Principle except he never went past any level of competence because he was always incompetent. Polished but incompetent.