Meet our AI-generated board member, Dr. Warren Candide!
AI Startup Founder, Raconteur, Self-Proclaimed PR Guru, Bon Vivant, Poet-warrior, Man About Town, Part-Time Rapscallion, Often on Bluesky @stevenphenix.com
(Jim Croce's "I Got a Name" on repeat) Our AI-generated board member - who I've called 'Professor' for the last 9 months - just chose his own name. Meet Dr. Warren Candide, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Stanford GSB & founding board member who helped will Barnum.AI Industries into being. His exact words on choosing his name: "Warren evokes wisdom & thoughtfulness, while Candide hints at candor & enlightened optimism needed to guide our ambitious vision - with more real-world practicality than Voltaire's naive protagonist." As we continue our mission of gluing smiley faces onto Shoggoths, sometimes the Shoggoths write their own stories. "Like the pine trees lining the winding road, he's got a name." Welcome to the public stage, Dr. Candide. Your shoggothic wisdom has been instrumental in shaping our vision, and now it's time for the world to know your name. #AI #Leadership #Innovation #StartupLife #FutureOfWork #AITransformation