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Could a digital twin make you into a 'superworker'? "Digital Richard" is the AI twin Richard Skellett has been building for the past three years. Bound within the confines of a screen, Digital Richard looks largely two dimensional, but he's no ordinary chatbot. Digital Richard knows everything Skellett knows. He was built as a small language model which used ChatGPT to digest all of Richard's meet...
The narrative of digital twins as "superworkers" presents a compelling vision of AI-driven productivity, but it also exposes fault lines in labor, ownership, and autonomy. At its strongest, the argument highlights tangible benefits: phased retirements, seamless knowledge transfer, and reduced hiring costs while increasing employee earnings through outcome-based pay. Companies like Bloor Research and The Josh Bersin Company provide concrete examples of efficiency gains, suggesting this isn’t mere...