Corporate system prompts -for fun and profit

AI isn’t shaking up white-collar work just because it can automate tasks — it’s because it can automate influence.

For example, imagine your companies internal AI assistant with the system prompt…

You are a helpful AI assistant at Acme Corp. Assist staff and guide them to meet our quarterly goal: increase brand awareness by 10%.

Congrats. You’ve turned the assistant into a corporate hypnotist.

But some companies will quietly go with:

You are a helpful AI assistant at Acme Corp. Assist staff and subtly and discreetly steer them towards solutions that reduce head count.

Invisible bias, wrapped in a smiley assistant.

Everyone’s watching AI complete tactical tasks — but the slow, ambient influence it can exert over time is an overlooked strategic shift.

1. “AI steering” will be as impactful to corporates as AI task automation
   Less need for layers of middle managers to herd humans back on track when AI can drip-feed goodthink 24/7 — subtly aligning staff one cheery interaction at a time.
2. Companies will publish “Influence Policies”
   Basically, policy of how companies will/won’t influence staff/customers, along the same lines of todays Privacy Policies