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Executive Assistants Don't Make Executives Stupid

August 25, 2026

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There's an argument going around that leaning on AI every day makes you weaker, more dependent, less capable. My co-host Nico put the best rebuttal to it I've heard yet on today's show: "does that look like an executive assistant? And the last time I checked, executive assistants weren't making executives stupid."

Nobody's ever said getting real help makes a leader worse at their job. We only started saying it about AI.

If that argument has been nagging at you, this reframes it in one line. Watch the clip below.

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Value-First AI Daily - Aug 24, 2026

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