Nearly half of CEOs — 49% — say AI could effectively replace "most," or even "all," of their own roles, and 47% say it might even be a good thing, according to a survey from online education platform edX.
The poll, published on Tuesday, surveyed 1,600 full-time U.S. workers, including 800 C-suite executives and CEOs, as well as 800 non-executive workers.
"It is clear that a majority [of executives] think that AI is going to be transformative," he tells CNBC Make It.
It could also tackle other CEO responsibilities, like analyzing market data and brainstorming ways to improve a business' operations, some experts say.
Delegating those mundane tasks could help CEOs focus on "the things that make them CEOs ... vision and dreaming about new products and selling," Agarwal says.
Persons:
Anant Agarwal, Agarwal
Organizations:
—, MIT, CNBC Technology, CNBC