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re: I can see how AI is going to really take assistant and receptionist jobs.

Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:13 pm to
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
10487 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:13 pm to
AI is going to take a lot of jobs. Way more than people want to admit
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13963 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:14 pm to
Grokbot is extremely underrated. Had a couple hours in the Tesla today and I was able to get more accomplished just talking to grokbot and setting up a few new bots than I’ve probably accomplished the last two days at the office.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
24323 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:15 pm to
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I run a small business and used to pay an assistant nearly $30,000 a year to handle calls, emails, scheduling, and customer updates. I also paid for tech support to find manuals and help with diagnostics while I was in the field.

Now I use ChatGPT and Grok to find manuals, schematics, and diagnostic information, which has cut most of my tech support costs.
When my assistant went back to school, I planned to hire and train someone new. Instead, I started using Muse by Meta to manage emails, track jobs, send customer updates, and give me daily reports. My AI agents also helped me find and set up a phone service for a little over $100 a month. It answers calls and even follows up with customers.

I’ve never been this organized, and I’m saving a few thousand dollars a month.
Small business owners: give AI a serious look. Start with the tasks eating up your day. Students and anyone juggling emails, contacts, and deadlines could benefit too.
I used to use AI mostly for messing around. Now it helps run my business. After seeing what it can handle, I think assistant and receptionist jobs are going to change dramatically.


Queer.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25412 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:16 pm to
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AI is going to take a lot of jobs. Way more than people want to admit


It’s inevitable. The productivity of mankind will also go through the roof. We will have to disconnect personal worth from work. It’s going to push topics like UBI into the forefront because there will be a surge in unemployment, especially when robotics and AI intersect.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25412 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 6:20 pm to
It isn’t underrated it just isn’t known outside of small circles. One of the failures of these AI companies is they haven’t explained all the things these bots can do that benefit the average person.
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
7228 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:05 pm to
AI will never replace hot secretaries with big tits. That job market is safe.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
177123 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:09 pm to
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These personal agents are awesome too. Can’t wait until it organizes and books an entire trip for me. It’s possible now I just haven’t tried it.


I'm always perplexed when people talk about AI being life changing and bring up some mundane shite like this

Does it setup alerts on your calendar as well? Holy shite
Posted by Tortious
ATX
Member since Nov 2010
5811 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:14 pm to
I stood up to websites with full content in about 29 minutes just from describing what I want. I couldn't believe how good it was.
Posted by Shorts Guy
BR
Member since Dec 2023
1225 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:26 pm to
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Can you use AI to format your post to make it easier to read?


It’s so bad. These people relying on AI for important things all end up looking like big dummies eventually. Like the lawyers whose AI made up a bunch of non-existent case law for a hearing. It may save you time in a pinch, but you lose so much more when you don’t have that person there to lean on. With an assistant, specifically, I don’t know that AI can yet be counted on for a lot of the things that they do.
Posted by Chaz95
Dallas, Texas
Member since Nov 2007
19801 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:34 pm to


I'm ok paying the $30K
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25412 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:44 pm to
A mundane task? Planning a 10 day trip across Europe in multiple cities and countries is weeks of work to figure out all the logistics and activities.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
6370 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:50 pm to
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they haven’t explained all the things these bots can do that benefit the average person.



If a community college offered a course on using Ai more effectively I'd strongly consider taking it.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25412 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:54 pm to
YouTube can teach you whatever you desire to learn. You just have to be curious and all the information is there.
Posted by Gifman
Captiva, FL
Member since Jan 2021
20302 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:59 pm to
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run a small business and used to pay an assistant nearly $30,000 a year to handle calls, emails, scheduling, and customer updates. I also paid for tech support to find manuals and help with diagnostics while I was in the field.


All made up
Posted by dalefla
Central FL
Member since Jul 2024
5007 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:13 pm to
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AI has been answering calls or the customer service chats for a while now. We have all used it.


If I call an office and AI answers, that's OK. If AI cold calls me I ask for a human and immediately hang up if not connected. It's unprofessional from.someone that wants my business.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
59013 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:29 pm to
I have a friend who is in private equity. They are using AI to do quality of earnings, make presentations, and do all kinds of things that young analysts used to do.

One of the things they are doing to improve efficiency of businesses is to use AI to cut way back on accountants.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24751 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:45 pm to
If your assistant wasn’t more valuable than just basic tasks that’s a major issue. I’m a small business owner also and we us AI, I use it for some things. Organization and basic task management is definitely optimized.

But great customer service is still untouched by AI. If your assistant wasn’t earning you work, closing out unpaid invoices, finding new business, etc. then yes that person is going to be well behind very soon.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
152287 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:52 pm to
You a one man show or are you running a crew or techs?
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10914 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 9:11 pm to
When AI really kicks in at the office, it's going to be a white collar/clerical job apocalypse.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
125354 posts
Posted on 11/7/26 at 9:15 pm to
I heard you do shitty work

Can I AI help you not do shitty work
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