AI advisors can only nudge leaders at the margin, argues Timothy B. Lee
binarybits · x · 2026-11-15
In a discussion about AI as a strategic advisor, Timothy B. Lee argues that a CEO or president must understand her team's strategy well because she constantly has to explain and defend it to stakeholders and haggle over potential changes.
Consequently, an AI advisor can only nudge a leader's decisions at the margin: if it pushes toward something that makes no sense to her, she'll simply refuse. Any usable AI-advisory strategy has to be one the leader understands well and can personally defend to others.
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