A billion-dollar revenue company is already being run by an AI CEO (with human as legal puppet).

A billion-dollar revenue company is already being run by an AI CEO (with human as legal puppet). | Probably several months ago. Several months. You think there's an a billion dollar revenue company being run by an AI right now? I I think it's very likely that there is a billion-dollar run rate company being run by an AI. Now, you said run by. I think there's probably a human CEO there for legal purposes and puppets meat puppetry purposes. But I I think it's pretty likely that there already is such a company right now.

Probably several months ago. Several months. You think there's an a billion dollar revenue company being run by an AI right now? I I think it's very likely that there is a billion-dollar run rate company being run by an AI. Now, you said run by. I think there's probably a human CEO there for legal purposes and puppets meat puppetry purposes. But I I think it's pretty likely that there already is such a company right now.

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  "context": "When do we see a billion dollar revenue company being run by an AI CEO. What's the timeline for that, Alex? Probably several months ago. Several months. You think there's an a billion dollar revenue company being run by an AI right now? I I think it's very likely that there is a billion-dollar run rate company being run by an AI.",
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      "notes": "HIT — Amodei publicly predicted; same prediction echoed by Altman.",
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