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Amble: AI will shift marketing roles from doers to reviewers

Seema Amble · How GenAI-Based Software Is Advancing Marketing and Sales · Nov 21, 2024 · at 4:00

Seema Amble is a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). She is discussing how generative AI will alter day-to-day enterprise marketing workflows.

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“The first shift we're going to see is the shift from being the doer. So I'm not writing the email, but I'm reviewing the email. So doer to reviewer.”

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