AI Agents Are the New Internet, and Most People Have No Idea
03/19/25 • 9 min
The digital revolution that transformed our world with the internet in the 1990s is happening again—only this time, it's through AI agents. While most of us have become accustomed to working with AI assistants like ChatGPT, we're standing at the threshold of something far more transformative.
AI agents aren't just responsive tools waiting for your next prompt—they're autonomous workers that execute complete tasks without continuous human guidance.
Picture sending a simple voice message and having an agent transcribe it, understand your request, and independently handle tasks like summarizing your recent emails or drafting personalized messages to contacts. These digital workers can manage your inbox, schedule meetings, run marketing campaigns, negotiate with prospects, and move deals through your pipeline while you focus elsewhere.
What makes this shift particularly powerful is the ability to create hierarchical systems of specialized agents.
• AI agents can manage emails, book meetings, create calendar events, and even handle sales pipelines autonomously
• Unlike ChatGPT which requires continuous prompting, agents take independent action based on instructions
• Multiple agents can work together in a hierarchy, with one generating content and others reviewing before it reaches you
• Solopreneurs can leverage AI agents to compete with larger companies by automating sales, marketing and fulfillment
• AI agents can replace expensive SaaS tools by scraping the internet for leads and managing personalized follow-ups
• Early adopters who implement AI agents will gain significant competitive advantages
• Tools like N8N (n8n.io) provide the infrastructure to build and deploy these agent workflows
Start by identifying repetitive tasks in your business that drain your time and creativity, then explore how AI agents might handle those responsibilities.
This isn't just about efficiency—it's about fundamentally reimagining what's possible for solopreneurs and small businesses competing in markets previously dominated by larger organizations with deeper resources. The AI agent revolution is here—will you lead it or follow it?
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The digital revolution that transformed our world with the internet in the 1990s is happening again—only this time, it's through AI agents. While most of us have become accustomed to working with AI assistants like ChatGPT, we're standing at the threshold of something far more transformative.
AI agents aren't just responsive tools waiting for your next prompt—they're autonomous workers that execute complete tasks without continuous human guidance.
Picture sending a simple voice message and having an agent transcribe it, understand your request, and independently handle tasks like summarizing your recent emails or drafting personalized messages to contacts. These digital workers can manage your inbox, schedule meetings, run marketing campaigns, negotiate with prospects, and move deals through your pipeline while you focus elsewhere.
What makes this shift particularly powerful is the ability to create hierarchical systems of specialized agents.
• AI agents can manage emails, book meetings, create calendar events, and even handle sales pipelines autonomously
• Unlike ChatGPT which requires continuous prompting, agents take independent action based on instructions
• Multiple agents can work together in a hierarchy, with one generating content and others reviewing before it reaches you
• Solopreneurs can leverage AI agents to compete with larger companies by automating sales, marketing and fulfillment
• AI agents can replace expensive SaaS tools by scraping the internet for leads and managing personalized follow-ups
• Early adopters who implement AI agents will gain significant competitive advantages
• Tools like N8N (n8n.io) provide the infrastructure to build and deploy these agent workflows
Start by identifying repetitive tasks in your business that drain your time and creativity, then explore how AI agents might handle those responsibilities.
This isn't just about efficiency—it's about fundamentally reimagining what's possible for solopreneurs and small businesses competing in markets previously dominated by larger organizations with deeper resources. The AI agent revolution is here—will you lead it or follow it?
- Please suggest any topic you would like me to cover by visiting unboxtheinbox.com
- Join my newsletter at garyredmond.com/newsletter
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Unbox the Inbox | Email Marketing for Online & Offline Businesses - AI Agents Are the New Internet, and Most People Have No Idea
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Welcome to Unbox the Inbox with me , your host , gary Redmond . On this podcast , you'll learn how to grow your online business using the power of free and mostly automated email marketing , and we'll hopefully have some fun doing it too . I'm a co-founder of BusterBoxcom and also a mentor and coach , helping founders like me and you create their dream life through their online busi
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