Would you hire an AI teammate tomorrow if it could take half your workload?
A few years ago, “AI at work” meant smarter autocomplete or a chatbot on your website.
Now, I’m seeing something different.
Companies are experimenting with AI agents as teammates - not just tools. They schedule meetings, file reports, analyze data, and even handle parts of customer support.
One exec I spoke to joked:
“It’s like downloading an employee onto your laptop.”
That line stuck with me.
If agents are getting this good, we’re not just talking about productivity - we’re talking about rethinking what a “team” even means.
So I want to ask the community:
Would you hire an AI teammate if it could take half your workload tomorrow?
Where should we draw the line on what an AI agent is allowed to do?
Curious to hear your take. If AI becomes a teammate, what does that make us?
Replies
minimalist phone: creating folders
For manual/repetitive tasks – yes.
For something creative where I can enrich myself from the work team: No.
Brand Stori
@busmark_w_nika Makes sense. I sometimes think of AI less as doing the work for me, and more as giving me new raw material to play with. Curious if that still feels “creative” to you.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@anuraag_tyagi 50/50. I like this kind of collab. 100% of creativity is when you do something on your own only in your head. But maybe I distinguish too much between new and traditional techniques. Maybe I will shift my mindset in a few months or years :D
Hi @anuraag_tyagi
This is an interesting question and I think @busmark_w_nika have given you the best answer to it.
I am a Workflow Automation Architect, The major Ideas of the Automation ls and Agents is to help ad ease Manual/repetitive tasks.
So to some extent It companies/startups do hire Or create Automation workflows to ease up tasks.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@anuraag_tyagi @mosesdaviddeff Welcome to the same-opinion team :D
IXORD
I think that AI is a tool for humans. AI can really close some tasks, but to do the work of a human who can adaptively take the right measures, then AI will not be able to do it
Brand Stori
@ixord True - adaptability is still human territory.
But do you think the line between “AI task” and “human task” will keep shifting as AI evolves?
DeepTagger
I’d hire one tomorrow, @anuraag_tyagi 🙌 but only as a specialist, let AI handle the repetitive/data-heavy stuff so I can stay focused on context + creativity. As long as I can see what it’s doing (and override if needed), that feels like a real teammate, not a black box ☺️
TinyCommand
For execution-heavy tasks that eat up hours: absolutely yes.
For strategy or decisions where context and trust matter : that still needs a human.