The $100 MBA Show MBA2702 Q&A Wednesday: With All the AI Tools Now, Do I Still Need a Virtual Assistant?
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Nov 12, 2025 The discussion centers on whether AI can replace virtual assistants. Despite AI's impressive capabilities, human judgment and context are irreplaceable. VAs excel in managing tasks, nurturing client relationships, and ensuring quality control. By blending AI for efficiency and VAs for execution, businesses can thrive. Omar shares a practical example combining AI-generated content with human oversight. Hiring skilled VAs, especially those adept with AI, can significantly enhance productivity and free up founders to focus on high-value tasks.
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Keep Hiring Assistants
- Hire a virtual assistant to handle administrative work even if you use AI tools daily.
- Use humans to apply judgment, context, and consistent execution that AI cannot provide yet.
Tools Need Skilled Operators
- Tools are powerful but need skilled humans to use them well and provide precise prompts and instructions.
- Without human planning and choices, AI will guess and often produce poor or misaligned results.
Make Humans Responsible For Execution
- Delegate execution and responsibility to a human so tasks actually get published, sent, and checked.
- Hold a VA accountable for results because AI cannot be responsible for output or legal/integrity standards.