From Shiny AI Tools to Real Marketing Infrastructure 🤖 | Training Autonomous AI Agents
Fri Feb 06 2026
Episode Overview:
In this episode of Marketing in the Age of AI, Emanuel Rose dives deep into how AI agents are moving beyond experimentation and becoming true infrastructure for modern marketing teams 🚀. Joined by AI pioneer Kence Anderson, the conversation explores what it really takes to design, train, and deploy autonomous agents that learn through practice, adapt through feedback, and drive measurable business results.
Rather than hype or surface-level tools, this episode focuses on agentification, reinforcement learning, and how marketers can decompose complex workflows into specialized AI roles—just like a high-performing human team.
What You’ll Learn:
What AI agents are (and how they differ from basic generative AI tools) 🤖
Why “practice + feedback” is the missing piece in most AI agent setups
How marketers should think about training agents—not just prompting them
Why specialization and role-based agents outperform “do-everything” prompts
How reinforcement learning applies to marketing KPIs like clicks, engagement, and conversions 📊
How AI agents augment human teams instead of replacing them
Featured Guest:
Kence Anderson is a leading expert in autonomous AI systems with decades of experience designing, building, and deploying intelligent agents in manufacturing, logistics, and enterprise environments. He has designed over 200 autonomous agents, authored Designing Autonomous AI, and is currently building platforms that orchestrate agents making million-dollar operational decisions. Kence brings a rare blend of deep technical expertise and practical, real-world application to the future of AI-driven organizations.
Episode Highlights:
Why marketers should think like coaches when training AI agents 🏀
Teaching AI through goals, feedback loops, and reinforcement—not just language
How marketing workflows map naturally to multi-agent systems
A/B testing at scale through autonomous learning systems
Decomposing workflows into scrape → enrich → write → send agent roles
Why AI agents are best viewed as teammates, not tools
Connect and Explore More:
Connect with the Host – Emanuel Rose:
Website: https://emanuelrose.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b2b-leadgeneration/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emanuelroseauthor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmanuelRoseAuthor
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marketingintheageofai-ec6fx
Connect with the Guest – Kence Anderson:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kence/
Further Reading or Resources:
📖 Blog post (same topic as this episode):https://emanuelrose.com/designing-autonomous-ai-agents-that-actually-learn-and-perform/
📘 Authentic Marketing in the Age of AI by Emanuel Rose:https://emanuelrose.com/product/authentic-marketing-in-the-age-of-ai/
🌐 Learn more about Emanuel’s work:https://emanuelrose.com/
👍 Like this video if you’re exploring AI agents in your marketing workflows
💬 Comment with how you’re using (or planning to use) autonomous agents
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📢 Share this episode with a marketer or founder building AI-native teams
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Episode Overview: In this episode of Marketing in the Age of AI, Emanuel Rose dives deep into how AI agents are moving beyond experimentation and becoming true infrastructure for modern marketing teams 🚀. Joined by AI pioneer Kence Anderson, the conversation explores what it really takes to design, train, and deploy autonomous agents that learn through practice, adapt through feedback, and drive measurable business results. Rather than hype or surface-level tools, this episode focuses on agentification, reinforcement learning, and how marketers can decompose complex workflows into specialized AI roles—just like a high-performing human team. What You’ll Learn: What AI agents are (and how they differ from basic generative AI tools) 🤖 Why “practice + feedback” is the missing piece in most AI agent setups How marketers should think about training agents—not just prompting them Why specialization and role-based agents outperform “do-everything” prompts How reinforcement learning applies to marketing KPIs like clicks, engagement, and conversions 📊 How AI agents augment human teams instead of replacing them Featured Guest: Kence Anderson is a leading expert in autonomous AI systems with decades of experience designing, building, and deploying intelligent agents in manufacturing, logistics, and enterprise environments. He has designed over 200 autonomous agents, authored Designing Autonomous AI, and is currently building platforms that orchestrate agents making million-dollar operational decisions. Kence brings a rare blend of deep technical expertise and practical, real-world application to the future of AI-driven organizations. Episode Highlights: Why marketers should think like coaches when training AI agents 🏀 Teaching AI through goals, feedback loops, and reinforcement—not just language How marketing workflows map naturally to multi-agent systems A/B testing at scale through autonomous learning systems Decomposing workflows into scrape → enrich → write → send agent roles Why AI agents are best viewed as teammates, not tools Connect and Explore More: Connect with the Host – Emanuel Rose: Website: https://emanuelrose.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b2b-leadgeneration/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emanuelroseauthor/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmanuelRoseAuthor YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marketingintheageofai-ec6fx Connect with the Guest – Kence Anderson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kence/ Further Reading or Resources: 📖 Blog post (same topic as this episode):https://emanuelrose.com/designing-autonomous-ai-agents-that-actually-learn-and-perform/ 📘 Authentic Marketing in the Age of AI by Emanuel Rose:https://emanuelrose.com/product/authentic-marketing-in-the-age-of-ai/ 🌐 Learn more about Emanuel’s work:https://emanuelrose.com/ 👍 Like this video if you’re exploring AI agents in your marketing workflows 💬 Comment with how you’re using (or planning to use) autonomous agents 🔔 Subscribe for more conversations on AI, marketing, and business growth 📢 Share this episode with a marketer or founder building AI-native teams #MarketingInTheAgeOfAI #AIAgents #AutonomousAI #AgenticAI #AIinMarketing #MarketingStrategy #ReinforcementLearning #AIInfrastructure #MarTech #BusinessGrowth #EmanuelRose #KenceAnderson