“Digital employee”, a term that once had a slightly sci-fi flavor, is becoming a realistic way of working.
In the past year or two, AI capabilities have improved significantly.
Especially at the beginning of this year, AI Agent can already take over the browser, read and write files, execute code, and call the terminal. For the first time, many people truly feel that AI has begun to truly “hands-on work.”
The concept is heating up, but what we want to know more is how are those people who really use “digital employees” doing?
Here are their stories.
Building AI infrastructure like crazy, I used 45 Skills to teach Agents to help me work
Yang Weixin is a lawyer at Suzhou Cambridge Yihua Law Firm. He believes that the lawyer profession is naturally suitable for cooperation with AI.
He started using Agent tools in April and May last year. At first, he used Cursor to develop small tools, and later gradually used it in his legal business.
He spent five months writing 45 Skills, and asked the Agent to help him produce “French language” according to the set requirements in handling cases, research, creation and other aspects.
His day starts with “collecting vegetables” and letting the Agent automatically capture the news and typical cases in the legal field of the previous day.
When handling a case, the Agent can automatically download and archive materials, complete format conversion, analyze legal provisions, and output the first draft of a defense or legal service plan.
However, the most critical step is manual inspection, and it is difficult for AI to complete the professional judgment of lawyers.
The agent tools he uses frequently include foreign Claude Code and Codex, as well as domestic WorkBuddy and QodeWork. His monthly AI subscription cost is about 1,000 yuan.
Three employees left, and four AI employees took over
Leizi is engaged in cross-border e-commerce in Chengdu, selling smart home accessories, with the main market in North America.
After leaving the operation last year, he used Claude to write high-quality English copywriting and realized that there was no need to recruit people.
Later, the artist and customer service also left, and now his team consists of four digital employees.
Claude is in charge of copywriting, Fin is in charge of customer service, Cursor is in charge of code, and there is an automated system that monitors advertising placement.
He first looks at the data dashboard every morning. The after-sales agent can handle routine problems, and advertising delivery has also been automated.
His current monthly fee for AI subscription plus API is about 4,000, which is much lower than the cost of hiring people before.
But there are times when AI overturns. He reminds you not to think of full automation as soon as you start using it. You should explain the working rules to AI as carefully as possible, and your own judgment cannot deteriorate.
After ten years of investing, I finally have an agent who stays up late to do the work for me
Ray is a RMB fund GP partner and has been investing in the primary market for almost ten years.
Due to the tight work pace and time difference, he and the project team need to be “on call 24 hours a day”.
Once he asked the agent to research a semiconductor equipment company, and the next day he found that the agent had done a lot overnight.
Later, the more he used his “AI digital employee”, he could do roadshow summaries, corporate research, schedule management, etc. while he was sleeping.
He also set up a multi-agent BP filter. The average monthly expenditure on AI is less than 1,000 US dollars. “Digital employees” can help him solve more than 80% of the work.
ChatGPT is a consultant, Cursor is an engineer, and I am the boss
@Freddy大Cosmos is the founder of KoraScale, a travel and corporate travel service brand. He believes that AI is not here to steal jobs, but to help him get things done.
He uses AI tools based on role division. ChatGPT is the chief consultant, Cursor is the engineer, Codex is the intern, and Figma is the designer.
He invests about 1,000 yuan in these tools every month and gives the AI team a score of 7.5.
He reminded that AI tasks must have boundaries, complex tasks must be divided into stages, and the person who makes the decision must be the boss.
With 1,000 yuan per month, I hired interns, editors, and teachers for myself
Vincent is a business reporter who started using AI in July last year.
In his case, AI is sometimes like an intern, suitable for organizing interviews; sometimes like an editor, it can polish and smooth out logic; sometimes it is like a teacher, able to lower the threshold of understanding.
He spends an average of 1,000 to 1,500 yuan a month to support these “employees” and rates the current AI employees 7 points.
He believes that the people who make the best use of AI must be those who have many needs and ideas, and who also know where the boundaries of AI are.
