By Kirk Chang
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 17:34:00
AI is already doing a good job of handling some of the world’s workload. It has authored scientific papers, advanced space exploration and developed medical treatments.
And AI could soon be used in management roles and make decisions that affect the working lives of human colleagues.
In some ways, this is an expected development. Because AI is able to learn, analyze, integrate and produce information.
It surpasses human intelligence in the areas of cognition (AI thinks deeper and faster), reasoning (it has greater scope of analysis and better accuracy), and coordination (it can handle highly complex tasks and process huge amounts of data).
Because of these professional strengths, AI already has quite an impressive resume. It has carried out repetitive manual work and intensive assembly line work and conducts risk assessments in space.
Research now confirms that for many of us, AI is already a kind of colleague that supports companies and…
