But these coworkers aren't human: They are all artificial intelligence agents
The rise of AI agents —systems, based on large language models, designed to complete tasks autonomously—has launched a tsunami of companies selling the services of digital employees . These agents are supposed to be the perfect worker bees: available 24/7, never complaining, and providing superhuman intelligence
Yet there has been curiously little discussion of what these agents are like as actual coworkers. Julie Bedard, a Boston Consulting Group partner, noticed the murky nature of how people talked about AI at work three years ago, as rapid adoption of ChatGPT convinced executives the technology could bring exponential improvements in productivity
