Chatterbox #348 – Digital Twins

What if there were a copy of you at work, answering emails and joining meetings while you slept? After Anna read a BBC article about people who are building AI versions of themselves, she brought the idea to Andrew, and the two of them talk about what these “digital twins” could mean for the rest of us. They look at the same question from three sides, the worker, the boss, and the business owner, and they keep coming back to one worry. If a company has a copy of you, do they still need you?

Read the original BBC article on digital twins here:

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Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode:

• The bottom line
• To not sit right with someone
• Joe Blow
• The cat’s out of the bag
• M.O. (modus operandi)
• Dog-eat-dog