Accounting for Disruptive Technologies - Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Have you ever thought of the possibility that technical accounting treatments and tax legal opinions could be given through an AI Bot such as IBM’s “Watson”? How will the external audit process be impacted if a machine can go through massive amounts of transactions and not only identify exceptions, but learn how to respond to these exceptions in an intelligent manner? In this course, we will be looking directly in the heart of the accounting and audit profession and exploring the implications of a typical auditing and accounting consulting services provider as they look to adapt to the disrupting driving force of artificial intelligence.