Is your AI agent up to the task? 3 ways to determine when to delegate

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Many tasks are ripe for automation, but others fall into a gray area. 
• Speed and productivity are not the end of the story.
• AI decisions are management 101, not technical decisions. 

You may have already heard the view that AI agents serve as "co-workers" to human counterparts, functioning as de facto extensions of the workforce. The challenge is decoding what work they are best suited to perform -- and it's not an easy question.

There are tasks ripe for automation and others that are better handled manually. But many are in a gray area, in which automation makes sense, but is it worth the investment? The time has come to view AI agents as an adjunct workforce, and manage them accordingly. 

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