CEOs aren't paid for the day-to-day value they provide to the company. They're paid for the long-term, strategic value the owners think they might provide the company in comparison to other candidates. So if you think CEO Candidate X will make you a 3x return on your investment, but CEO Candidate Y will make you a 5x return, it's almost certainly worth it to pay him/her the extra $200K to get you there, if that's the market demand. You're paying for experience, contact network, etc. in a job like that much more than you are how many widgets they can produce on an assembly line.
So it seems that the idea that a CEO could be automated misses the point of what CEOs do and how they get hired.
So it seems that the idea that a CEO could be automated misses the point of what CEOs do and how they get hired.