# Digital Coworker **Entity class:** Work-system concept **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Future of work **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition A digital coworker is an AI participant assigned ongoing organizational responsibilities rather than used only as an on-demand tool. ## Mechanism and significance When embodied through voice or video, the digital coworker can enter meetings and service workflows, raising questions about authority, accountability, disclosure, memory, and access. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Generative Humans, Continuity, and Presence|Generative Humans, Continuity, and Presence]] - **Primary fields:** [[Digital Human Twin]] · [[Machine Succession]] · [[Posthumous Avatar]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Interactive Generative Video]] · [[Wanstreamer]] · [[Virtualized Company]] · [[AI Zoom Participant]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.