Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

590: Making AI work for users with Louis Gutierrez

Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Show Notes

Chad talks with Louis Gutierrez, Director of AI at Constant Contact, about the various challenges of implementing AI into a product or business.

Louis discusses his strategy to improve AI integration upon joining Constant Contact, how they address the issue of ethics and AI, as well as providing a technical look at how they evaluate the quality of their products without violating user privacy.

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You can connect with Louis over on LinkedIn, or try out Constant Contact’s AI marketing tools for yourself to see how they could help you and your business.

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