I fundamentally disagree with this article. Automation hits some places earlier than others, but I think "marketing" isn't as far away as they think. We're starting to develop bots that can make puns, text to speech that sounds human, etc. What happens when bots can pass the Turing Test? When they know everything about the trends you follow, finances you have, products you've bought, shows you watch, places you go, jokes you enjoy? Marketing will start becoming "personalised", and I don't think humans will be behind the controls for long after that.
Humans won't be marketing, they will be marketed. Humans will be a novelty, like a hand-carved chair or a horse-drawn carriage. Probably worse than the human-free product, but worth paying a bit extra for the idea of it.
Humans won't be marketing, they will be marketed. Humans will be a novelty, like a hand-carved chair or a horse-drawn carriage. Probably worse than the human-free product, but worth paying a bit extra for the idea of it.