AI Clones Are Now Handling Executive Calendars
Source: NYT > Business (paywall)
High-profile executives and academics are deploying AI versions of themselves to field routine communications and attend low-stakes meetings, treating their own time as too valuable for administrative overhead. This reflects a scaled version of the executive assistant model—delegation through automation rather than hiring. It creates friction around authenticity, liability, and whether colleagues are engaging with actual decision-makers or proxies. The practice shows how quickly AI moves from novelty to normalized workflow tool once delegation costs approach zero.