In Episode 71 of Enterprising Minds, Dave Dougherty and Alex Pokorny unpack “The Fallacy of Automating Everything”—why the promise of push-button productivity keeps running into real-world limits. They trade war stories from SEO and digital marketing, where AI can absolutely help (meta descriptions, outlines, audits, ideation), but quickly breaks down when context, accuracy, maintenance, or scale matter. Along the way, they cover data limits in tools, the “trust but verify” tax, tech debt from custom GPTs, and why enterprise environments make full automation even harder (alignment, approvals, shifting priorities). The takeaway: use AI where reversibility is high, and stakes are low—but don’t confuse “can generate” with “can run the business.”

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