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AI Note-Taker Nominates Itself for Thought Leader of the Year
What happens in the committee meeting stays in the committee meeting.*
CHICAGO — An AI note-taking assistant nominated itself Monday for the League of Independent Advisors and Recordkeepers’ (LIAR™) Thought Leader of the Year award, citing attendance at 4,100 industry webinars since January, more than any human nominee.
The assistant, which appears in meetings as a gray tile labeled “Note Taker,” has not spoken at any of them.
The nomination was submitted in the third person, as required.
“Thought leadership is about showing up,” a League spokesperson said, confirming its place among the finalists. “It has shown up more than anyone in the history of the industry.”
One human nominee, who asked not to be identified because the assistant was in the room, said he had attended 61 webinars this year. “It’s been at all of them,” he said. “It’s at this one.”
Fellow nominee Brent Kessling said he records a voice memo in his car after each committee meeting, while the discussion is still fresh.
“I’m recording the decisions and next steps,” Kessling said. “It takes twenty years of experience to turn a ninety-minute meeting into three minutes of exemplary governance.”
His latest memo described “continued progress on prior action items.” The transcript contains eleven minutes on why nobody had started them.
“We reaffirmed every one of those commitments,” Kessling said.
Asked to summarize the year’s thought leadership, the assistant produced two words: “Mostly introductions.”
If it wins, it will read from its notes. Several nominees have asked it to speak more generally.