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For Intel not even close. It could take months for Lip-Bu to truly understand what he has signed up for. Let's call it the honeymoon period, 6-12 months.
I don't think it is particular hard to do. You first need to understand the tasks that Intel used to carry. Then automate according to tasks. Accenture does not need to do everything. It can rely on salesforce and various other agents to make it work.
The objective is to reduce number of headcounts, not really about full automation.
I am sure Accenture has already done similar things for other companies.
The Godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, says the technology will replace paralegals and call center jobs. More broadly, all "mundane intellectual labor" will be automated, he says.
It all depends on what part of marketing is outsourced getting them to do their bread and butter of Client and DC than they are stupid if not than they are not stupid.
I believe AI has a clear advantage in marketing: transparency. It's like a game of chicken where the opponent is an AI that never chickens.
JD.com once revolutionized China's PC market by making prices fully transparent, effectively eliminating nearly half of the country's PC s.
I believe Intel management was shackled by unnecessary layers and processes. This is my personal experience working with Intel on different projects over the years. I also remember renegade Intel groups that really got stuff done but disappeared as time went on. Lip-Bu has said the same, management layers will be reduced and decision makers will be held accountable. Will that be enough to get Intel back into a leadership opinion? I hope so but time will tell.
I believe AI has a clear advantage in marketing: transparency. It's like a game of chicken where the opponent is an AI that never chickens.
JD.com once revolutionized China's PC market by making prices fully transparent, effectively eliminating nearly half of the country's PC s.
I use ChatGPT most days for research and fact checking. ChatGPT is also integrated into SemiWiki for content summaries and SEO. Since I have a proper semiconductor education and experience I have found it to be a useful tool. The first year I did see questionable results but it has improved significantly. It is important that you keep an eye out for misinformation and the questions and follow-up questions you ask are key because it can take you down a rabbit hole if you are not careful.
Bottom line: In the hands of knowledgeable person AI is very useful today and will continue improve. Intel has skilled marketing people that will be working with Accenture so I see this as a big positive. In fact, I would expect AMD and other companies to follow suit if they haven't already because at some point AI will provide a critical business advantage and you do not want to be on the tail end of that.
Intel to outsource marketing to Accenture and AI, resulting in more layoffs Anton Shilov
Who makes up these titles? Actually, the layoffs were due to a bloated and ineffective marketing group. Word to the wise, do your job or AI will do it for you.
Question -- What is the actual scope of Intel "marketing"?
Is it:
- Branding materials only
- Does it include B2C *and* B2B?
- Is there any overlap between sales and marketing at Intel? (some companies have blurred lines here). What is the overlap?
- Does it include Foundry and Products?
And lastly - was the marketing group laid off .. global marketing? Does Intel have any other marketing groups that are not impacted?