This issue keeps coming back to the presenter, not the slides. Akash Choudhry talks about think-cell’s Business Presentation survey. Survey results found that AI adoption is high but satisfaction gaps remain, particularly when human judgment and credibility matter most. Bob Befus’s ScriptAssist interview is built on exactly that insight: presenters who worry about their notes lose their audience. And the thin smiles piece from 2012 holds up surprisingly well. A presenter who looks disconnected, whether staring at a script or wearing a fixed expression, loses the room either way. Three reads, one message: no tool replaces the person actually in front of the audience.
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