In an unparalleled move, a Chinese metaverse company has placed a robot on the post of its CEO. Meet ‘Ms. Tang Yu’ – an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot has become the world’s first robot to chair an executive position. Tang Yu operates as the Rotating CEO of Fujian NetDragon Websoft.
NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates multiplayer online games and also makes mobile applications. The operational duties of Tang Yu include to be at the company’s organizational and efficiency department’.
The company, in a press release, said, “Tang Yu will streamline process flow, enhance quality of work tasks, and improve speed of execution. Tang Yu will also serve as a real-time data hub and analytical tool to support rational decision-making in daily operations, as well as to enable a more effective risk management system.” Further, the bot would play a critical role in developments of talents and ensure a fair and efficient workplace for all employees.
Talking about the appointment, Dr. Dejian Liu, Chairman of NetDragon said, “We believe AI is the future of corporate management, and our appointment of Ms. Tang Yu represents our commitment to truly embrace the use of AI to transform the way we operate our business, and ultimately drive our future strategic growth.”
As an analytical tool, Tang Yu will support rational decision-making as part of daily operations. The company also expects the Robot CEO to improve its risk management system’s effectiveness.
The existence of the Tang Yu comes five years after Ali Baba founder and chairman Jack Ma predicted that a robot would take over the Time Magazine as the best CEO in 30 years from then.