[ExI] What is it like to work when your co-workers are AI agents?

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What is it like to work when your co-workers are AI agents?
Using AI for roles from executive assistants to chiefs of staff, companies
are boasting about doing more with less, creating tension with their human
workers
Arielle Pardes        Thu 29 Oct 2026

<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/ai-agent-coworker>
Quote:
On an average workday, Dhruv Amin chats with dozens of colleagues to get
things done at his AI
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/artificialintelligenceai> startup
Anything. He might ask Gwen, his executive assistant, to schedule a
meeting, then troubleshoot a technical problem with Cody, his coding
partner. Then he might check in with Betsy for search engine optimization,
or Juno for onboarding customers. If the office runs out of snacks, he
sends a Slack message to Justin, the office manager charged with stocking
the kitchen.

But none of these co-workers are people. They’re artificial intelligence
agents, software that handles tasks without human intervention.

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Who needs people when you can use AI agents instead?

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