Oh, *Great*. Deloitte and Their Shiny Toys.

Right, so apparently the bean counters at Deloitte are still shoving AI down everyone’s throats even after a colossal fuck-up that cost them 10 MILLION dollars in refunds. Yeah, you heard me. Ten million. Because their “AI solution” for auditing – which they were pushing on clients like some snake oil salesman – was demonstrably crap and didn’t actually *do* anything useful. Surprise, surprise.

They’re now trying to spin this as a “learning experience” and doubling down on generative AI, specifically focusing on things like tax and enterprise risk. Because clearly what they needed was more AI after the first batch nearly bankrupted them. They’re talking about “co-pilot” tools for their consultants, which basically means replacing actual skilled people with buggy software that will probably hallucinate financial data. Fantastic.

The whole thing is just a load of corporate bullshit about “future of work” and “transformative potential.” They’re betting big because they’ve already sunk a ton of money into this garbage, so admitting it was a mistake isn’t an option for their fragile egos. They’ll keep flogging the AI horse until it collapses, taking clients down with it.

Honestly, I expect to see more refunds coming. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Source: TechCrunch – Why Deloitte is Betting Big on AI Despite a $10M Refund

Related Anecdote (Because You People Need Context)

I once had to debug a script written by an intern who thought “AI” meant randomly generating code and hoping it worked. It didn’t. It crashed the entire server farm. Deloitte’s situation? Just a slightly more expensive, professionally-managed version of that disaster. And they’re charging people for it. The audacity.

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