“I’ve gotta tell you about this AI experiment we tried…”

My old friend, Dave, dropped this on me just as we sat down to catch up over drinks in Las Vegas last week.

He proceeded to share a jaw-dropping story of what happened when he invited an AI tool into his Executive Leadership Team meeting.

Thankfully he gave me permission to share the saga—with several disguises to protect his company and his job.

It was a wild ride with a potential lesson for all of us: By showing us humans at our worst, AI might bring out our best.

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