Ha even if this was true (it’s not) you’re basically saying “humans will make some mistakes so let’s throw caution to the wind” which is probably the worst application of AI that I’ve heard yet.

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Pragmata 4 hours ago | parent [-]

>Ha even if this was true (it’s not)

You haven't met many accountants i see.

Regardless that's not what he is saying.

If there is an acceptable margin of error for humans, we should be able to measure it for AI, and once AI is within those margins then it should be feasible to replace the human.

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ofjcihen 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah yes, because there’s no difference between a shifted decimal and entirely hallucinated credits and debits.

This was my CPA wife’s response btw.

The entire field is based on balance sheets and context that informs compliance.

Let me put it this way: it’s such a bad idea that even Intuit doesn’t let their AI replace a human.

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fragmede 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Why would Intuit be the barometer here? They're old technology. Pilot.com's got AI bookkeepers and they love them.

	▲	ofjcihen 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Man I hope so because they’re the ones selling them haha.