As Generative AI (GenAI) becomes increasingly embedded in the workplace, managers are beginning to create Manager Clone Agents -- AI-powered digital surrogates trained on their work communications and decision patterns to perform managerial tasks on their behalf. To investigate this emerging phenomenon, we conducted six design fiction workshops (n = 23) with managers and workers, in which participants co-created speculative scenarios and discussed how Manager Clone Agents might transform collaborative work. We identified four potential roles that participants envisioned for Manager Clone Agents: proxy presence, informational conveyor, productivity engine, and leadership amplifier, while highlighting concerns spanning individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels. We provide design recommendations envisioned by both parties for integrating Manager Clone Agents responsibly into the future workplace, emphasizing the need to prioritize workers' perspectives and nurture interpersonal bonds while also anticipating alternative futures that may disrupt managerial hierarchies.

翻译：随着生成式人工智能（GenAI）日益融入工作场所，管理者开始创建管理者克隆代理——这是一种基于其工作沟通与决策模式训练的人工智能数字替身，可代表其执行管理任务。为探究这一新兴现象，我们与管理者及员工开展了六场设计虚构研讨会（n=23），参与者共同构建了推测性场景，并探讨了管理者克隆代理可能如何改变协作工作模式。我们识别出参与者为管理者克隆代理设想的四种潜在角色：代理在场、信息传递者、生产力引擎和领导力放大器，同时揭示了跨越个人、人际与组织层面的多重关切。基于双方构想，我们提出了将管理者克隆代理负责任地融入未来职场的设计建议，强调在预见可能颠覆管理等级制度的替代性未来的同时，必须优先考量员工视角并培育人际纽带。