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if you've heard of Mark bennyoff it might be because he spent more than a billion dollars

building the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco.

Now the world headquarters for Salesforce, the 25-year-old enterprise software company he leads.

Or maybe it's because he spent $190 million of his own money to buy Time magazine.

But if his latest big bet pays off,

someday he might be known for something totally different, namely replacing thousands and

eventually millions of white-collar workers with AI agents. Benioff is one of the most outspoken

voices in tech. He doesn't keep his opinions to himself. And as he tells it, AI agents

are the future. They never get tired, never have to take a break, and they're potentially much

more autonomous than today's limited AI chatbots. But, and this is important, he doesn't

buy into some of what he calls the false prophecies around AI right now.

Number one, everyone is not going to need their own nuclear power plant to run their data

centers, this whole energy fantasy. And number two, that everybody has to start DIYing it and

building them themselves. Let's just take these down one by one. He has some harsh words for his competitors at Microsoft and others racing to hop on the

AI train. And some advice for the millions of us who are along for the ride.

And I think we all got drunk on the chat GPT Kool-Aid.

Oh my gosh, cancer is cured. It's like, guys, we've got to keep these

things in perspective. From the Wall Street Journal, I'm Tim Higgins. And I'm Christopher Mims. This is

bold names, where you'll hear from the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages

of the Wall Street Journal. Today, we ask, if Mark Benioff thinks the hype around AI is overblown,

why did he almost change the name of his company to reflect his new focus on AI?

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