Are AI Executive Assistants Reliable?

For a long time, the “AI assistant” category was dominated by chatbots.

They could respond to prompts, fill in templates, and generate passable replies — but only within narrow bounds.

AI executive assistants are an emerging category, and not without skepticism.

The worry is often not about whether the AI can reply, but whether it will reply appropriately:

• Can I trust it with real conversations, not just templated ones?
  
• Will it make me look bad by replying too bluntly, too eagerly, or at the wrong time?
  
• Can I intervene without friction when something feels off?

How Carrie Is Designed for Control

Carrie is designed to operate under constraints, defer when needed, and keep you in the loop when judgment is required.

1. You Can Inspect and Correct Anytime

If you’re not happy with Carrie’s reply, or you’re unsure why she suggested a particular time, you don’t need to dig through settings or start over.

Just DM Carrie.

She will:

• Explain her reasoning in plain language

• Adjust based on your feedback

• Reply directly over her previous email to correct course

This keeps conversations clean and professional — and keeps you in control.

2. You Can Tell Carrie to Stop at Any Time

Carrie never traps you in automation.

At any point, you can tell her to pause or step away from a thread, and she will immediately let you take it from there.

“Thanks Carrie, I’ll take it from here.”

No duplicate replies.

No fighting the system.

No awkward handoffs.

3. Carrie Acts Conservatively by Default

Carrie is designed to be mindful of your bandwidth and preferences.

She checks back with you when things are ambiguous. For instance:

• The meeting needs to take place outside your working hours.
  
• Others are pushing for a meeting modality or duration different from what you specified.
  
• You scheduled over existing meetings.

She’s never presumptous. She asks.

Reliability Is About Recoverability

No AI EA can be perfect - no human EA can be, for that matter.

What makes great ones trustworthy is that they:

• Explain their thinking

• Adjust quickly

• Escalate when needed

• Never lock you into their decisions

Carrie is built on this philosophy.

Try Carrie — Without Giving Up Control

If you’ve avoided AI executive assistants because they felt risky or opaque, that instinct makes sense.

With Carrie, you stay in charge.

Carrie does the work.

👉 Try Carrie at getcarrie.com