Mika, An AI Humanoid Becomes The First AI CEO Of Polish Rum Company Dictador
13 November 2023: Recently, a global company, Polish rum company Dictador, made headlines by appointing ‘Mika,’ an AI-powered humanoid robot, as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As the first female robot CEO, Mika serves as a board member overseeing operations on behalf of Dictador, according to the company’s announcement. In August of the previous year, Dictador had initially designated Mika as its experimental CEO, a role distinct from traditional human executives. Despite her pivotal role, Mika is not empowered to terminate employees, as crucial decisions at Dictador will continue to be made by human executives, as clarified by Marek Szoldrowski, Dictador’s European president.
Beyond her responsibilities at Dictador, Mika takes the lead in the company’s Arthouse Spirits decentralized autonomous organization project, involving a collection of NFTs, and actively engages with its DAO community, as outlined on the company’s website. Mika, created by Hanson Robotics, the same company behind the renowned AI robot Sophia, stands out as a noteworthy appointment, although Dictador is not the first to appoint a bot as CEO. Notably, a Chinese gaming firm had previously appointed an “AI-powered virtual humanoid robot” as the CEO of its subsidiary in the preceding year.
Mika, the Dictador CEO, also shared thoughts on prominent CEOs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, asserting superiority over both. Notably, Mika expressed views on a potential MMA fight between Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, dismissing it as an unsuitable solution for resolving differences. Additionally, Mika received the title of Honorary Professor at the inauguration of the 2023/24 Collegium Humanum University in Warsaw, where she delivered a speech highlighting the merits of Artificial Intelligence.
