Marc Haine talks with Andrew Davis about AI's ability to mimic speakers and what that means for the speaking industry. As digital doppelgängers become possible, speakers need to lean harder on original thinking, unique stories, and actual presence to stay valuable.
What are meeting planners going to be looking for when it comes down to, I'm going to hire a speaker? So, what cautionary do we have for the speaking industry and for the meeting planning industry on how we make sure that we're actually getting intellectual property and thought leadership rather than this regurgitation?
I think by 2027, we'll have the ability to coach a virtual version of ourselves that'll actually deliver in whatever way we want to deliver. So, mimicry and imitation is its superpower. I think what I'd be worried about is if somebody said, hey, we wanted to hire Andrew Davis but he's too expensive. So, we found another person named Drew Jeffries who's just gonna basically mimic and imitate Andrew's style and deliver it.
Why would they need to hire us? And I believe this with leadership, with thought leaders, anybody who's a master of their domain that we need to keep our skills up. We need to be able to deliver in such a way that is going to be unique. Solely to us. Nobody can take our stories. Nobody could take our presence. And to your point, the digital doppelganger is pretty static on the screen.
