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An executive who had never personally used ChatGPT or any AI tool nonetheless produced a technical strategy document for a $2B+ revenue organization that was built entirely around AI.
A striking anecdote: an executive with zero personal AI usage authored a company-wide AI strategy for a multi-billion-dollar organization. ✦ AI generated
Nik Suresh · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-19 · original ↗
I have seen an executive confess that they had never even used ChatGPT or any AI tool in their life, immediately after producing a technical strategy for an organisation with $2B+ in revenue which was entirely centered around AI.
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- ·Executive admitted: never used ChatGPT or any AI tool
- ·Same executive authored the org's AI strategy
- ·Strategy targeted a $2B+ revenue organization
- ·Entire strategy was centered around AI
- ·Zero hands-on AI experience before writing the strategy
- ·Confession came immediately after producing the document
- ·Highlights disconnect between AI hype and firsthand knowledge
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