AUTOMATION

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SmartSort Mail and TaskTalker AI: Two AI tools worth buying

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07 November 2023 21h16

"2. SmartSort Mail: An email organization tool that uses text recognition and categorization to sort emails based on content and sentiment. 3. TaskTalker AI: A voice-activated task management app that allows users to add and manage tasks through speech."
Insta buy.

Streamlining Client Onboarding for Accounting Firms Through Automation

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07 November 2023 19h44

“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.

Solo Developers Overcoming Regulatory Barriers Through Creative Solutions

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07 November 2023 19h37

“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.

Building Glue Code and UI for Mass-Market Forms

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07 November 2023 19h35

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.

ChatGPT automation reduces accounting data entry costs

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07 November 2023 19h33

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.

Senior Management Uses AI Branding for Basic Automation Solutions

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07 November 2023 19h12

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?

Japanese Insurer Uses AI System for Claims Response Automation

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07 November 2023 19h11

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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07 November 2023 18h16

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.