Don't fancy making that presentation? Let your avatar do it

New research finds that 95 percent of workers would allow an AI avatar to perform tasks in a virtual meeting, such as making presentations, for them. The study of 4,000 people worldwide from business travel management platform, TravelPerk shows employees prefer to assign admin-focused tasks in meetings to AI avatars, such as reminding them of deadlines (61 percent) or scheduling meetings (54 percent) which can then enable them to focus on more 'human' interactions. But there is also some openness to letting avatars handle some human interactions, such as delivering a presentation (29 percent) or even conducting an interview (14… [Continue Reading]