AI employee
AI
An AI employee is an AI agent given a defined job, tools and data, and rules for when to ask a person, so it finishes work instead of only answering.
For example, a store hands its AI employee the job "answer order questions and handle subscription changes." It verifies the customer, looks up the order, skips the next delivery when asked, opens returns for a teammate to approve the refund, and hands anything unusual to a person with the full conversation attached.
Thinking of AI as an employee with a job, access and rules is what turns it from a drafting tool into work your team no longer has to do.
Yes, the two terms describe the same thing: an AI agent with a defined job, tools and rules that finishes work on its own. Chargezen uses "digital employee" for the agents in Concierge.
It replaces tasks, not judgment. Good setups let the AI handle routine work and leave decisions such as refunds to a person, so your team spends its time on the cases that need it.
A written job, access to the tools and data that job needs, your policies in writing, and rules for when to ask a teammate. The clearer these are, the sooner it can work without supervision.
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