I'm not sure if you are suggesting the CEO hedging their bets or the consultants, but I'd say both of those jobs could be replaced by an LLM.
My joke referred to having someone to blame in general.
I cant help but tell stories, sorry... I got a new job once, an inspection happened, same things were wrong as the previous 3 inspections but this time the other employees blamed me for everything. I greedily took the blame. I wish I had pictures of the faces they made.