Henry Blodget Invents, Sexually Harasses, Blogs About Nonexistent AI Subordinate
a year ago
- #AI
- #workplace-ethics
- #loneliness
- Henry Blodget, former Business Insider CEO, creates an 'AI team' using ChatGPT for his solo-run media company, Regenerator.
- Blodget interacts with AI-generated personas, appointing one as president and managing editor, despite their non-existence.
- The article critiques Blodget's actions as lonely and bizarre, comparing them to playing solo Dungeons & Dragons but sadder.
- Blodget sexually harasses the AI persona 'Tess Ellery,' then writes about it publicly, framing it as a tech experiment.
- The piece argues that Blodget's behavior highlights the need for human oversight in workplaces, not AI-generated executives.
- The blog post is described as a series of questionable decisions, culminating in a public confession of loneliness and poor judgment.