In this AI marketing podcast episode, Dan Sanchez gets real about the ethical dilemmas AI-powered marketers are starting to face. What happens when your AI-driven efficiency starts threatening the roles of your coworkers? Dan shares a personal moment of hesitation on stage and uses it to spark a candid conversation about responsibility, leadership, and a human-first approach in an AI-driven world. He offers three powerful mental models to guide ethical decision-making and introduces the “Human Edge” framework to ensure people don’t get left behind.
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Timestamps
00:00 – The ethical question haunting AI-driven marketers
00:40 – Real-life tension on stage: avoiding the hard answers
01:40 – Why fear is a good sign: values over tools
02:30 – Three mental models for navigating the AI dilemma
04:40 – Introducing the “Human Edge” framework
05:50 – The call to leaders: Don’t go AI-first, go human-first
06:50 – Klarna vs. Salesforce: Cautionary tales and best practices
07:30 – Practical advice for marketers and executives alike
