Zoom CEO aims for AI avatar to do your work while you’re at the beach
The company famous for pandemic video chatting has a new vision for the future of work. Zoom CEO, Eric Yuan, envisions AI avatars doing your work for you. These avatars would attend Zoom meetings, answer emails, and take phone calls on your behalf, freeing you up for other tasks.
Yuan’s comments suggest that Zoom may develop an AI avatar that resembles you, speaks like you, and can make decisions affecting your work. While there is no evidence of this yet, Yuan is eager for his company to lead the way in automation. Yuan acknowledges the importance of human interaction, highlighting that certain aspects of work cannot be fully automated.
As software companies like Zoom move towards automating work tasks, the future of work may involve AI avatars completing some of our daily responsibilities. While Yuan’s vision may seem far-fetched, it is not unrealistic to consider the possibility of partial automation in the workplace.
