Opinion: Why 'AI Agent as Employee' Positioning Will Fail
nbaschez · x · 2026-08-11
The author argues that positioning AI agents as 'employees' is a tempting but flawed concept. While it simplifies the idea by riding on existing mental models, it currently overpromises and will ultimately become the wrong architecture for how work actually gets done.
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