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My company replicated my exact role with an AI agent. I'm confident it won't replace me
A chief of staff working alongside an AI chief of staff at a San Francisco startup shares how she balances human work and outsourcing to AI.
TL;DR
- Kristi Edleson works as a Chief of Staff at an AI startup in San Francisco, where the company is building an AI chief of staff agent.
- She believes the AI agent augments her skills rather than replacing her role, seeing it as a tool to offload manual tasks.
- Edleson uses the AI agent to help draft communications, negotiate vendor contracts, and manage daily operations by connecting it to her work tools.
- She maintains oversight on AI-generated tasks, approving most outputs before they are sent.
- Edleson draws a line at using AI for financial tasks and strategic planning, preferring to handle these herself due to risk aversion and the need for personal cognitive mapping.
- She feels empowered by working with AI, viewing it as a tool that helps her focus on more impactful problems.