"Earlier this year, I attended Davos in the Swiss Alps alongside influential CEOs, political leaders, academics, and economists."
"After the conference, I joined a series of follow-on virtual sessions and noticed a strange trend: not all of the attendees were human."
"In fact, a surprising number of invitees sent AI agents in their place-bots that joined the conversation, took notes, and later emailed summaries to their human counterparts. In one instance, a group of 12 was expected, but we ended up with six humans and six AI agents."
A gathering at Davos in the Swiss Alps brought together influential CEOs, political leaders, academics, and economists. Follow-on virtual sessions after the conference included AI agents attending on behalf of invitees. These AI bots joined conversations, took notes, and later emailed summaries to their human counterparts. Attendance in some sessions shifted from full human participation to mixed human–AI groups; one scheduled group of 12 became six humans and six AI agents. The presence of AI proxies altered participation patterns, introduced questions about representation and accountability, and signaled a broader shift toward automated attendance in high-level forums.
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