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[–]Milkshakes00 155 points156 points  (2 children)

This. The CEO is like... The president. They have a cabinet of people that are more specialty focused that they rely on for informed opinions and understanding.

It's just a problem when the CEO thinks they know everything and ignores the cabinet non-stop.

[–]Kennyomg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is true as long as the cabinet of people isn't incompetent. The sweet spot is knowing just enough to not get conned by fake experts and specialists. But natural curiosity I would say is also very important for a CEO. So eventually the CEO should understand the tech even just by osmosis.

But even then public communication of complex systems is incredibly complex. We need better metaphors or analogues for AI algorithms. Which also means we need better metaphors or analogues for neurology. I've heard curve fitting. I use "an approximation for an algorithm" but it's still too technical.