personal assistants

Scheduling, organizing support

Personal assistants is the plural of personal assistant, someone employed to handle administrative tasks for an individual—scheduling, correspondence, travel arrangements: Her personal assistant manages her calendar.

The term also refers to AI-powered software that responds to voice commands and performs tasks: I asked my personal assistant to set a reminder.

Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are personal assistants in this digital sense.

Opposites
dedication/assignment

personal assistantstyping pool

Centralized secretarial workforce

shared resources

autonomy/authority level

personal assistantsexecutives

Senior corporate officers

bosses · principals · employers · managers · supervisors

human vs. technological

personal assistantsvirtual assistants

AI programs answering queries

digital assistants · chatbots · Siri · Alexa · automated systems

Family

personal, assist, assistant, assistance, personality, personally, assisted, impersonal, personable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G