# The roles AI plays in automated workflows

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The 4 primary roles of AI in automated workflows

We love to call AI "the intern," but based on our research, it's a little more complex than that. We dug into data from the top AI workflow adopters and found that, in their workflows, AI tends to play one of four roles: Communicator, Clerk, Analyst, or Coordinator.

These are the specific jobs AI does best, and here, we'll dive into each one, and give you a practical framework to help you decide where AI actually belongs in your workflow.

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