will AI replace agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes?

AI will handle your market monitoring. You'll spend less time digging through industry news and more time acting on it. Client strategy conversations will move faster too, though you're still the one steering them. What AI can't do is what makes you valuable. You read a room during auditions and spot talent others miss. You negotiate contracts where a single phrase costs or saves your client thousands. You build real relationships with promoters, union reps, and venue owners. That trust network is yours alone. You schedule gigs, arrange logistics, handle their money. These aren't admin tasks. They're the backbone of keeping your clients' careers moving. Your job isn't shrinking. It's sharpening. You'll handle fewer data tasks and more of what only you can do: judgment calls, relationship management, and deal-making. The role grows with your clients' success, and that hasn't changed.