Teo: Routine accounting work will be replaceable by AI models
Josephine Teo · Singapore: the AI Engineer Nation — with Minister Josephine Teo · Oct 19, 2024 · at 35:43
Josephine Teo, Singapore's Minister for Digital Development and Information, discusses how AI disruption will reshape professions like accounting.
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“If you look at the accounting profession, A lot of the routine work will be replaceable. A lot of the tasks that are currently done by individuals can be done with a good model backing you.”
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