James Dooley and Kasra Dash debate whether AI employees are genuinely worth it for modern businesses. The discussion shows how AI agents can handle repetitive tasks, lead capture, overflow call handling and data gathering, while still falling short in areas that require accuracy, compliance, strategic judgement or brand nuance. The conversation explores why AI employees work best as support systems rather than full replacements for human staff because AI performance depends on prompts, training data and ongoing supervision. Their debate highlights that AI employees can scale operations, improve response times and reduce workload, but they cannot yet replace human decision making where mistakes carry high cost. This matters because business owners often misunderstand what AI can realistically automate, which creates false expectations about capability, cost and outcomes.