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Hi Reader

Sometime ago, I told you a new podcast was coming.

Well: itโ€™s here.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Intelligent Artifice: real conversations with marketers, builders, and operators figuring out how to actually work with AI.

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This isnโ€™t โ€œAI thought leadership.โ€

No futurist fluff.

No panel soundbites.

No 100-slide decks.

No โ€˜prompting hacksโ€™

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Just smart people, building in public.

In season 1, we go behind the scenes with operators who are:

๐Ÿง  Hiring Chief AI Officers before they โ€œneedโ€ one

๐ŸŽจ Redesigning creative teams to 10ร— output

๐Ÿ“ธ Using image models to scale content before everyone else caught on

๐Ÿ’ฐ Generating millions in revenue per employee with agentic workflows

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โ€ฆand much much more.

Theyโ€™re not all experts.

Theyโ€™re figuring it out: just like you and I.

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But theyโ€™re doing things that work.

If youโ€™ve been trying to adapt your own team, workflow, or career to the AI shift: my hope is that these episodes will show you whatโ€™s possible in this crazy new world.

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โ€ฆselfishly: a big reason I started this show is to be able to learn from people I admired - and I hope youโ€™ll learn as much as I did.

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And if youโ€™ve ever thought:

โ€œAm I the only one figuring this out as I go?โ€
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Youโ€™re not.

This is the show that proves it.

We've already had a couple of episodes where we deconstruct high-performing advertisers.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Our first interview episode is live now.

Find Intelligent Artifice wherever you get your podcasts - see iTunes link here - and our website here.

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Later,

Shamanth

PS - ICYMI -Hereโ€™s the Intelligent Artifice Podcast link ->

PPS - Some goodies from our socials:

โ€‹๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€).โ€‹

โ€‹๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ.โ€‹

โ€‹Most founders I meet say they want โ€œboldโ€ ads.โ€‹

โ€‹๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต: ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.โ€‹

โ€‹๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ญ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ.โ€‹

โ€‹I get this question all the time: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜?โ€‹

โ€‹๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.โ€‹

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