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AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

  • Written by: Christian Yao, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Let’s be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar.

Ultimately, the quality and integrity of the finished article are a human responsibility. But the questions this raises go well beyond everyday word processing.

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