AI Won't Replace CEOs in 10 Years, Sberbank Chief Says
It is not yet clear that artificial intelligence will be able to replace a company's leader in the next 10 years, so to speak, in an abstract sense,
Consensus
- Artificial intelligence will not replace company leaders in the next ten years.
- Gref expressed concern about the fate of employees due to digital transformation.
- Gref is actively developing new business areas to maintain employment for workers whose roles may change or be eliminated.
- AI is already affecting the redistribution of responsibilities among employees.
- Gref spoke at the Moscow Startup Summit.
- Sberbank has reduced its central office staff by 20% in 2025 as part of streamlining ineffective projects.
Points of divergence
- Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin believes AI could become as indispensable as electricity in the near future. — kommersant
- Ministry of Digital Development and business are discussing grants and subsidies for creating datasets to train large AI models. — kommersant
- Russian-language and industry-specific data sets will be used by multiple research teams to reduce duplication of costs. — kommersant
- Sberbank reduced 65% of regional branch manager positions through AI implementation. — interfax
Coverage (3 sources)
- In Sber, they declared that it is impossible to replace the head with artificial intelligence — Вести
- Gref confident that AI will not replace him in the next 10 years — Коммерсантъ
- Greff stated that AI will not be able to replace company leaders in the next 10 years — Интерфакс