Bybit CEO Ben Zhou Says He Trusts His Own Brain Over AI After Heavy Use

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says extensive use of AI tools has left him more skeptical, not more reliant, on the technology. Speaking in an April 23 interview with When Shift Happens, Zhou described the experience as feeling like he had "come back to square one" — and said he no longer expects AI to evolve into a super-intelligent assistant.

Zhou noted that even practical use cases fell flat for him. When he asked Claude or other AI agents to remind him of tasks, he found himself ignoring the reminders when they appeared — or finding them outright distracting. His conclusion: he still relies on his own judgment to decide what actually matters in the moment.

The comments are a grounded counterpoint to the prevailing narrative that AI adoption is uniformly transformative for executives. Coming from the CEO of one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, they reflect a pragmatic view of where AI…