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PwC will say goodbye to staff who aren't convinced about AI (www.theregister.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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You'll use AI and like it too - if you work for PwC. Paul Griggs, US chief executive of the global professional services giant, has made clear there is no room at the corporation for AI skeptics.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Griggs indicated that anyone who believed they had the "opportunity to opt out" of AI is "not going to be here that long," and warned senior staff not "paranoid about being AI-first" will be replaced by others who are more comfortable with the tech.

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[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

So, hiring PwC is the same as using AI?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Not only that, from the article they are actively trying to become a Consultancy As A Service company, where somehow other companies would pay a subscription fee to.... talk to their AI, I guess?

The only time I've had to do with PwC, it was to get their advice on a compliance / tax related process. And it was less about the process itself or the 3 page pdf they produced (which much cheaper companies could have done better) and more because their "seal of approval" would give my company some leverage if the IRS came to audit us. "This was designed with PwC" means "we tried really really hard to do abide by the incredibly confusing wording of the law".

I doubt that "we asked PwC's chatbot" will have the same level of clout, but these guys have connections everywhere so I'm sure they will lobby pretty hard to get some ad-hoc law or some level of "certification" on the output of their future AI.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sounds about right, in a wrong sort of way!

Over my side of the plastic swamp, we have solved many embroilments with PwC and Dellioit being soooo amazing.. and half my job has been fixing the corrupt bastards outputs (unrelated to the fraud stuff - a different fraud)

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 10 hours ago

Yes, so you should ask for a big discount.