Dear Akadá, what can Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein teach us about the potential outcomes of the AI race–and might Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” offer insight into the choices we face as we shape our future with AI?    

JAMES LADI WILLIAMS

PRESS RELEASE

LONDON, ENGLAND — “Natural stupidity and extreme incompetence are the real threats to jobs, national security, and social cohesion—not Artificial Intelligence,” declared James Ladi Williams (“JLW”) at the Global AI Summit that took place exclusively in his imagination at Chatham House, London.

He continued, “In the hands of the right business leaders, AI is a powerful tool to build a world that is more beautiful, loving, and caring.”

The remarks come just weeks after his headline-making appearance in the Financial Times where—according to Christiane Amanprompt, the prominent AI-generated agentic journalist—“he asked simple questions that made the experts actually think.”

On hearing his comments, a real journalist at a real paper even threatened to put JLW on a real AI panel if he keeps asking real questions that actually matter.

And Williams didn’t stop there: “We the leaders get to decide whether AI becomes a force for good or for chaos. Whatever AI is doing, or not doing, in our communities today is not fate. It’s a choice,” he added.

Skeptics in the imaginary room dismissed him on the grounds that he’s never written a line of code and refuses to pay for ChatGPT Plus.

To which he responded: “Well, contrary to the popular lie that all we did at McKinsey was make pretty PowerPoints, I’m proud to say that thanks to the Firm, I have mastered the superpower of delivering impact far outside my core domain of expertise.”

“Let me cook,” he added, prompting an eruption of laughter from the imaginary audience.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Kehinde Williams, NVIDIA alum and Co-Founder of Shepherd Learn were not contacted to verify Williams’ remarks yet both declined to comment, citing the fact that the panel never actually happened.