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Podcast: Journal of Accountancy Podcast
Episode: Why should CPAs understand ChatGPT?
Description: In the spring, two technology-focused accounting educators wrote an article about ChatGPT's ability to answer hypothetical client questions. Now, they're joining the JofA podcast to look into the future of generative AI. Mfon Akpan, CGMA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Methodist University, and Scott Dell, CPA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Francis Marion University, explain why CPAs and other professionals can be left behind professionally if they don't spend time learning about tools such as ChatGPT. They talk about productivity gains, the competitive divide that could develop, and how, in the...