Artificial intelligence is pushing deeper into accounting, taking on work once reserved for junior staff, technical specialists and corporate reporting teams.
But at least one part of the profession is proving harder to automate: the jokes.
Former Financial Accounting Standards Board member Marc Siegel tested that limit on May 7, 2026, telling accountants in Manhattan that he had asked AI to help him prepare jokes as he took over as chair of Baruch College’s annual financial reporting conference.
The result, he suggested, should reassure anyone worried that machines are about to replace the profession’s human touch.
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