

I think you’re severely overestimating how much the bigwigs even think about this. You’re assuming they have some connection to what these tools do and how employees use them, or even that they understand what is entailed in the work their employees do.
It’s shiny, “everyone” says you can just fire 30% of your workforce if you “go AI”, so you tell one of your subordinates to “go AI” and the HR to reduce the workforce by 30%, and then go golfing. Maybe think to yourself how much time you saved at having those two emails get autogenerated instead of having to vomit your usual word salad about “synergy” and “opportunity”, and “digital transformation” or whatever.
How hard is it to actually have a company that provides a useful product and doesn’t veer off into insanity at the first possible occasion. Why does it always end up like this.