a\u00a0 fear fanned by AI companies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\nAnother concern was that interpersonal relations might suffer due to lack of trust, lack of authenticity, and reduced interpersonal contact. There was also worry about what AI agents might do to organizational cohesion \u2013 study participants fretted that efficiency gains might flatten corporate hierarchies and weaken organizational ties. And workers in the study expressed suspicion that AI bossware might just be an excuse to surveil them.<\/p>\n
The various scenarios explored with study participants underscored the importance of careful, thoughtful design and deployment of managerial doppelgangers, because both leaders and employees find the idea unsettling.<\/p>\n
“Concerns centered on errors: agents misinterpreting intent, causing harmful outcomes, or introducing communication mistakes,” the authors explain.<\/p>\n
Like workers or creative professionals, managers don’t want to be replaced by AI. Managers in the study defended their capacity for “higher-order decision-making, creative judgment, and relational work as difficult to automate,” even though some acknowledged an AI clone might be able to take over a portion of their responsibilities.<\/p>\n
One manager participating in the study made it clear that AI clones wouldn’t be embraced with much enthusiasm, stating that “I probably don’t want to authorize him because if my own work could be done by my agent, then what is this job position for me to do?”<\/p>\n
The key to making AI clones workable appears to be framing their role as an assistant rather than a substitute.<\/p>\n
Because this study explored speculative scenarios about the future, workers also imagined the possibility that AI boss clones could reduce the need for human leaders.<\/p>\n
“W3 frankly admitted: ‘If the inclusion of AI can diminish, or even overturn power structures like leader\u2013worker dynamics, then as a worker I’m willing to support anything that can facilitate this transformation.’ In such visions, the absence of managers is not a loss but a condition for greater happiness, with more room for individuals to exercise agency.”<\/p>\n
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