{"id":751609,"date":"2026-11-05T18:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:50:39","slug":"daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dines: workflows will go from people-centric to AI-centric"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aecb0dc066cf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aecb0dc066cf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#Agents_first_at_human_quality\" >Agents first, at human quality<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#From_people-centric_to_AI-centric\" >From people-centric to AI-centric<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#Tokenless_automation\" >Tokenless automation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#An_agent_that_interviews_staff\" >An agent that interviews staff<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#Back_in_the_CEO_job\" >Back in the CEO job<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#No_plan_B\" >No plan B<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#Living_with_pressure\" >Living with pressure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-dines-workflows-will-go-from-people-centric-to-ai-centric\/#Will_before_intelligence\" >Will before intelligence<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>UiPath founder and CEO Daniel Dines would rather give a task to an AI agent than to a person, as long as the agent does it as well as a human. He would choose the agent even when it costs more, he told TNW.<\/p>\n<p>Dines spoke to Cristian Dina at FUSION in Dubai for the TNW Podcast, after his keynote there on Monday. UiPath CMO Michael Atalla was an earlier guest. The full conversation is in the video below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"resp-video-container\"><iframe title=\"Don't use AI for what software can already do | Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/_-Rp7blOMnI\/hqdefault.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.thenextweb.com\/wps\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.thenextweb.com\/wps\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\"\/>&#8221; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen&gt;<\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Agents_first_at_human_quality\"><\/span>Agents first, at human quality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf an AI agent can do a task [at] the quality of a human, I will always take the AI agent, even if it\u2019s more expensive than the human.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> always gets cheaper over time, so the savings come later, Dines said. The bigger gain is productivity. Hiring an agent for a task does not mean he stops hiring people. Humans set the goals, make the decisions and supervise.<\/p>\n<p>That has created a problem for juniors, he said, because agents can now do the tasks they used to start with. Dines still wants companies to hire juniors, but not to hand them trivial work. Senior staff should mentor them and show them how decisions are made.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_people-centric_to_AI-centric\"><\/span>From people-centric to AI-centric<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dines expects the way companies organise their work to change.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs I said, the workflows will be transformed. From people-centric, they will become AI-centric.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tokenless_automation\"><\/span>Tokenless automation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Companies should use ordinary software for everything software can deliver, Dines said. Software is cheaper to run and maintain, and people have used it for 50 years. AI should cover what software cannot do. It can also write the software and fix it when it breaks, but it should not run every step.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe more tokenless an automation is, it\u2019s faster, it\u2019s cheaper and more reliable.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>People should stay accountable for decisions, he said. He compared AI and automation to cars and trains. Trains run on fixed rails and are less flexible, but they carry far more, faster and more reliably.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_agent_that_interviews_staff\"><\/span>An agent that interviews staff<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AI cannot learn on the job the way a new employee does, Dines said. Labs train a model once, and every company gets the same one until the next release. That is why UiPath built its Cartographer agent. It interviews business users by voice, pulls together how a process really works and helps redesign it before automation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt literally works like a sophisticated business consultant.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Back_in_the_CEO_job\"><\/span>Back in the CEO job<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dines stepped back as CEO after about 17 years to focus on product and engineering. UiPath <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.uipath.com\/news\/detail\/342\/uipath-to-re-appoint-daniel-dines-as-chief-executive-officer-rob-enslin-steps-down-as-ceo-and-board-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reappointed him in 2024<\/a> when Rob Enslin stepped down. He told TNW he had always felt someone else might run the company better.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was realising that in a way nobody can do my job, especially in a time of such a huge transformation.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_plan_B\"><\/span>No plan B<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>UiPath\u2019s early years were hard, and Dines had many moments of doubt. He told friends he was ruining his career as a software engineer. Having no fallback kept him going, he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have a plan B, actually you will go to the plan B.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Product-market fit came through a customer in Chennai, India, that ran a competition against Blue Prism, then the market leader. UiPath sent three of its best engineers, including its CTO, to live there for three months and build the software. Today, he said, people call that role a forward deployed engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Dines grew up in communist Romania wanting to be a writer. He studied maths and computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> without having used a computer. He switched to software after a friend said he earned $300 a month as a developer, ten times what Dines made. He later worked at Microsoft in Seattle before going back to Romania.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Living_with_pressure\"><\/span>Living with pressure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Being a listed company means constant pressure to deliver the numbers, Dines said. A tennis lesson helps him live with it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPressure is a privilege, because otherwise you don\u2019t want to live the most comfortable life.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_before_intelligence\"><\/span>Will before intelligence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AI development should slow down if it cannot be contained, and go as fast as possible if it can, Dines said. He would point it at drug discovery rather than hacking. He does not believe AI can reach consciousness or an identity without a body, and is writing an article on will and consciousness.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWill came first and then intelligence came second.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His advice to young people starting out is to keep learning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEmbrace [the] unknown. Be a cartographer. Be an explorer.\u201d Daniel Dines, UiPath<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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