How will digital worker technology evolve?

Today’s digital workers are designed to remember past work interactions and learn from new ones. They can work across processes and systems and interact with multiple human employees. These capabilities could accelerate the emergence of a true hybrid workforce – where humans do high-purpose work supported by digital workers. This hybrid workforce will be less about where the work gets done, and more about how it gets done.

To support human employees, digital worker technology will continue to advance capabilities, especially in the following areas:

  • Trust and transparency in AI decision-making.

  • Individual user customizations.

  • Out-of-the-box skills specialized to industry-specific job roles.

  • Compatibility with even more tools of choice.

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How will digital workers change the future of work?
Right now, we embody digital workers as a bot that does stuff for you. In the next 3-5 years we’ll see them in companies’ directories. Leslie Chau Director, Product Management - watsonx Orchestrate & Automation Foundation Software IBM
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Summary of chapters
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Ch. 1: What are digital workers and why are they important? Ch. 2: How do digital workers compare to other digital labor solutions? Ch. 3: Where are digital workers being used? Ch. 4: What should you look for in digital worker technology? Ch. 5: How can you ensure digital workers are embraced by your employees?