I do wonder when I see posts from Blackline on Linkedin for example, about how their product aims for an automated close, automated account reconciliations, etc. They say their role is to help companies automate the non-value added tasks so that their people can focus on more value-added activities (like planning, analysis, etc.) but I wonder if that's just a cover? It makes me glad I don't work on the accounting side (I'm in tax). I'd say automation concerns me to a certain extent, but you will still have to have humans overseeing any automation to make sure the end result is reasonable. I like to think of it as number crunching can be automated, but higher level critical thinking can't (or at least is harder). I would say for us, it means keeping on top of how our jobs may change, and not be afraid to learn new skills so that what skills we have don't become obsolete and replacable. Also too, even if a certain job could be 100% automated, it takes some time for people to trust it, and get buy in to make the investment to transition to it. I would think that large scale replacement of jobs by robots across multiple fields is more of a concern for our kids and grandkids than us.
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