What each one is actually good at
An AI employee is good at the work you could write down: draft these posts, pull these numbers, sequence this outreach, keep these pages current. Give it a defined job and it does it fast, in your voice, every time.
A person is good at the work you can't fully write down: reading a room, making a judgment call, holding a relationship, deciding what the business should do next. That's the boundary — ignore it and you get burned.
The honest framing
We're not going to tell you to replace your team. Most of the time the job is the opposite — free the team you have from the repeatable work so they can do the parts that need a human. An operator drowning in 11pm content drafts doesn't need a headcount decision. They need the drafting handled so their evening comes back.
When hiring is still the right call
If the work needs sustained judgment, ownership of a relationship, or a physical presence, hire the person. An AI employee will make that hire more effective by clearing the busywork off their desk, but it won't do their job. Buy the tool for the tool's job; hire the person for the person's job.
On cost: see how the pricing model works →