Accounting firms and their clients are increasingly using artificial intelligence and drones to do work long handled by humans. But so far, there’s been no technological solution to what is often the dirtiest part of an audit: counting inventory. That means the messy, bizarre field trips remain a rite of passage for young professionals in an otherwise deskbound field.
“There’s so much dust in the process of getting grain into a bin that it would have to have a little windshield wiper on the sensors to constantly clear it,” Gardiner said. “I think that’d be great.”
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