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What have you replaced with AI?

This is illogical. 30 years of watching F&I should put you into a position where you are driving the conversation, not fishing for ideas.

IDEA: Start a new thread here on the forum. Pick your fav topic and start dropping wisdom bombs in it.
Joe, Not fishing for ideas, I am identifying issues that many need assistance with and solving them with that wisdom, using my experience of successfully training and guiding teams to successful outcomes, with all due respect. I jumped on this particular thread to lead, in that discussion and engage those that raise their hand in a space they should feel empowered to do so. No question is too small or too big in this business if it leads to profitable results.

I'll start a new thread, to drop some wisdom, knowledge and further discussion and find an audience, you are welcome to hop on anytime!
 
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Here's a short, casual reply:

I've replaced most of my first draft writing. Blog posts, email copy, social captions. AI gets me 80% there and I just polish the rest. Went from hours to minutes.

Also replaced a chunk of my frontend busywork. Generating repetitive components, writing basic CRUD, converting designs to tailwind. Not full replacement but easily 40-50% faster.

What I haven't replaced is architecture decisions and debugging complex issues. AI still falls apart when things get weird.

Curious if anyone has fully replaced customer support or internal documentation yet. Those seem close.
 
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Being a one man show now I'm the replacing the administrative version of myself:

  • I have agents diving into my Granola account, scrubbing my calendar and inbox to build first drafts of proposals, curriculum, build reminders with alarms
  • Replicated Pipedrive CRM for my booking/workshop tracking, with some automations built in
  • I build out a lot of interactive content for my workshop attendees
 

✨ AI Highlights

Alex Snyder opened the thread asking dealers and vendors how they're replacing tasks with AI, sharing his own examples of using it for QA test writing and UI/UX development. Replies ranged from practical use cases — replacing first-draft writing, frontend busywork, and administrative tasks like CRM and calendar management — to philosophical takes like joe.pistell's observation that 'AI is to life as GPS is to driving' and his note that effective AI use requires learning to manage it like a demanding boss. The thread's key insight is that AI is delivering real productivity gains in well-defined, repetitive tasks, but still falls short on complex problem-solving, architecture decisions, and nuanced strategic work.

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