I keep seeing AI agents pitched to small businesses as a bot that books clients while you sleep. The demo is real. The Tuesday after is more boring and more useful. Here is what is actually safe to hand off, what is not, and the order that doesn't waste money.
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I keep seeing AI agents pitched to small businesses as a bot that books clients while you sleep. The demo is real. The Tuesday after is more boring and more useful. Here is what is actually safe to hand off, what is not, and the order that doesn't waste money. What an agent is: software that does m…
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I keep seeing AI agents pitched to small businesses as a bot that books clients while you sleep. The demo is real. The Tuesday after is more boring and more useful. Here is what is actually safe to hand off, what is not, and the order that doesn't waste money.
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