My company replicated my exact role with an AI agent. I'm confident it won't replace me — here's why.
Kristi Edleson is the chief of staff at Yutori Courtesy of Kristi Edleson Kristi Edleson, a startup chief of staff, uses an AI version of herself to help with her workload. She said the hardest part is knowing when to do the work herself or outsource it to her AI agent. Despite relying on her AI chief of staff for numerous tasks, she refuses to let it handle finances. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Edleson, a 34-year-old chief of staff at Yutori, based in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I work at a startup as the chief of staff, and my company's goal has always been to build an AI chief of staff. It's funny that when I took this role, I was signing up for that. I wasn't nervous about it, though; I actually loved the irony. A chief of staff's role involves a lot of context switching, and I believe the AI product my company built focuses more on augmenting my skills than fully allowing me to hand things o...
