Does "Because I said so" become "Because AI said so" ?

I'm reading the HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers. In print copy, yes I'm aware of the irony. Old habits die hard.

I'll be doing a chapter by chapter Op Ed series of the guide.

Chapter 1: Machines Are Evolving from Tools into Collaborators

The chapter essentially says that in the past technology was used as a tool - "enablers and executors" - for example, typing, emails to communicate at work, databases to process information, smartphones to increase the flexibility of technology use. The chapter introduces the idea of technology as a collaborator - blending managerial activities between professionals and machines, symbiotically; "Managers must learn to ask gen AI to perform a task and engage in humanlike dialogue."

What do you think?

I think many of us managers are closet AI users. I used AI to help me edit my website copy. I used AI to create my vision statement for 2025, and a detailed plan of activities that would support it.

Do I share this broadly? Not before now.

Why? Perhaps it's the human burden of Imposter Syndrome that tells us people won't think we're capable and bright if we are using AI to do our work.

How does that transcend in the workplace where we are leading others, making decisions, setting out strategies?

Would you feel more or less empowered saying "Because AI said so"?