Beware, Leaders: AI Is the Ultimate Yes-Man
While most CEOs probably don't spend a lot of time quizzing AI about tennis, they very likely do count on it for information and to guide their decision making. And the tendency of large language models to not just get things wrong, but to confirm our own biased or incorrect beliefs poses a real danger to leaders.
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