Is AI a Bigger Threat To Sales Managers?

I've read a lot of articles suggesting that AI will take away a large chunk of sales roles by 2020. Technology is now rapidly changing the way people buy with the internet and artificial intelligence creating more online based transactions thus slowly removing the need for physical sales people. Whilst we are already seeing AI transform the buyer journey I can't help but think.... Is AI a bigger threat to sales managers? If you look at how AI is being used within the sales industry itself it appears to be taking on the tasks of a sales manager and in doing so, removing the need for them all together. Let's look at some of the ways AI is being used and could be used in a sales management function: Now I sit in 2 minds on whether I think AI will take away the role of a sales manager.