Former management consultant here from a long, long time ago. It blows my mind when I see the consultancies cheer how they are adopting Gen AI to automate deck building, Excel analysis, etc.

... like, don't you see that your clients are READING your announcements and wondering "What the hell am I paying for?"

If I pay you $10K/month (let alone $100K+) and you're sending me anything AI generated, you will never work for me again.

But do clients really care that the spreadsheets and slide decks are artisanal, hand crafted by humans? My impression, mostly from HN cynics, is that companies hire consultants as air cover to have an outside party justify business decisions they want to make. So what do they care how the supporting data was generated, as long as it comes with the Accenture logo?

But it's also too big a grift for them not to be a part of. There's no good move so they're just running towards the ball like everyone else is.