“How would I get distribution for it?” One way is to build an easy way for accountancies to just send a link to their customer then never think about it again, rather than having a protracted conversation and data gathering step that customers hate paying for.
AUTOMATION
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Solo Developers Overcoming Regulatory Barriers Through Creative Solutions
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“There has to be a regulatory reason that a solo dev couldn’t do this.” I bet you it is not a reason that a creative solo dev could not overcome via some combination of reading, writing, and possibly figuring out a way to contract with Enrolled Agents in a piecework style.
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Building Glue Code and UI for Mass-Market Forms
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I mention this because a) I would of course happily have used a random small software business to file this form that I care about a lot less than many forms and b) there are MANY forms in the world filled out by 100k+ people that need a bit of glue code and UI.
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ChatGPT automation reduces accounting data entry costs
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I will be invoiced $1,200 by an accountancy to do data entry on filing FBARs this year. My process for generating the data their filing involved a bit of ChatGPT and Excel, but since I don’t have an API integration with FinCEN paid them so I didn’t have to try to retype things.
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Senior Management Uses AI Branding for Basic Automation Solutions
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And it is, but if senior management was actually brought to implement pedestrian workflow automation and SQL by calling it AI and saying they'd be able to brag to their buddies about their new investments in cutting edge technology, then… yay?
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Japanese Insurer Uses AI System for Claims Response Automation
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I'm remembering a particular Japanese insurance company here, which debuted an AI system to enforce the invariant that, if you mail them a claim, you get a response that same month. Now plausibly you might say "That sounds a lot like pedestrian workflow automation and SQL."
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AI’s Human-Like Capabilities and Action-Taking Abilities
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Human intelligence is a pretty slippery concept. Much more useful, when it comes to AI, is to think of AI's human-like capabilities, its ability to take actions. That's where it's getting really interesting.
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GPT-4 Tool Accelerates Scientific Manuscript Peer Review Process
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A new research tool promises to accelerate the peer review process for studies by using GPT-4 and a dataset of published papers to “pre-review” drafts of scientific manuscripts. @james_y_zou https://
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Entrepreneurship and Rapid Implementation in Startup Culture
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• A strong pull towards entrepreneurship and the high-energy culture of startups • The need to implement theoretical knowledge in real-world applications with immediate impact • A wish to see ideas transform into tangible solutions more rapidly
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Creating Specialized Robot Friends for Personalized Learning
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hmmm.. You know how some of your friends are really good at playing certain games or know a lot about dinosaurs or space? Imagine if you could make a robot friend that's really good at talking about what you like the most. If you love stories about space, your robot friend would