6 CEOs share their AI workflows: 85% open AI tools and get nothing done
erikbryn · x · 2026-08-19
A series of interviews documents how 6 CEOs and notable figures actually use AI. The framing: 85% of CEOs open AI tools daily, get overwhelmed, and walk away with nothing; the other 15% built systems that run half their company.
Highlights: Luana Lopes Lara built an agent that flags who overpromised across her company and got her Sundays back; Erik Brynjolfsson would pay "tens of thousands" a month to keep AI in his life but still won't let it make final calls — co-pilot, never autopilot; Peter Yang (ex-Meta, Reddit, Roblox) rebuilt his entire creator workflow in one day using Codex.
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