Where Does AI Fall Short
Despite all its benefits, artificial intelligence is not the silver bullet to incredible marketing.
AI will not take the place of a marketing team because it cannot replace creative thinking. Because it is a program, AI does not have new ideas – only variations on older campaigns.
Furthermore, as with human analysis, you have to ask the right questions (or program the right instructions) to get the answers you’re looking for.
An AI solution is only as good as the data it has. Incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated information will result in suboptimal output.
Marketers should be careful how and what AI systems are taught, as Microsoft learned the hard way with Taybot. Like toddlers, artificial intelligence solutions are very impressionable.
How to Implement and Leverage AI
Harnessing big data is the first step towards adoption and success with artificial intelligence. All the data exists, marketers just need to make sure they are effectively capturing it. The relationship between marketing and technology departments will become very strong. The best AI solutions will consider your existing legacy systems and allow for collaboration and communication across the enterprise.
”Marketers aren’t just thinking about how AI can reduce basic task burdens; they are focused on how it can improve the business, which is exactly what every organization should be focused on with initial investments in AI.” – The Huffington Post, Human Interaction and Artificial Intelligence
The terms “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” are very hyped right now.
As you will discover, some AI solutions are better than others. In many cases, humans are still behind the “intelligence.”
Solution providers should be able to give a stand-alone demo. If they need to process data “in the cloud,” that is a sign they may be relying on human analysts.