The call to action takes place at the same time as Sensay has published what it believes to be the world's first job advert for an AI employee.  

At the moment, the term 'AI agent' is used to refer to any AI-powered program that performs repeatable tasks autonomously. While these tasks might be simple, such as booking a meeting or cleaning data, more complicated agents have increasingly started to be deployed by businesses to run more sophisticated tasks, such as producing creative content or programming.  

Thomson believes that the use of the term 'AI agent' has contributed to the mistaken impression that AI and humans are in direct competition, which could dramatically slow down AI uptake across the world. He believes that reframing AI agents as 'employees' will help existing human team members see AI agents as collaborative colleagues with different strengths – rather than adversaries.  

The job ad, which has been published on the Sensay website and advertised on LinkedIn, seeks to recruit an AI team member to fill the role of Full Stack Developer at Sensay.  

Its responsibilities will include writing clean and functional code in Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Supabase. The AI team member will also be expected to test and fix bugs in the software, write effective APIs, and write technical documentation.  

Sensay expects the job advert to attract applications from developers and companies who want to build a specialised AI-powered employee to complete all the tasks in the job specification.  

The AI-powered employee will also be expected to contribute actively to team communications platforms, providing updates on projects, as well as contributing to wider team-wide discussions with its own unique, engaging personality.  

Sensay is a leading AI startup that enables people to create AI-powered replicas of themselves. These replicas can then be leveraged to carry out tasks for the individual, including participating in chats, sending emails, as well as leading video calls.  

The startup has ramped up explosively over the last six months, with the app onboarding 2,500 new users every week. Sensay-powered replicas currently participate in more than 600,000 interactions daily.  

Dan Thomson, Founder and CEO of Sensay, said: "This is an exciting moment for Sensay. By bringing on board our first AI employee, we’re taking a big step toward a future where AI and humans work together as colleagues and collaborators.   

“The term ‘AI agent’ is too clinical and has contributed to the sense that humans are in direct competition with AI in the workplace. I think the reality is quite the opposite – AI is here to make our lives easier, improving work-life balance, freeing up capacity, supporting creativity, and solving problems we might not have solved otherwise.  

“But AI’s full potential to have a positive impact on the workplace and society more widely will only be realised if we work with it collaboratively – and that starts with referring to AI agents as employees.”