I try to suppress schadenfreude. Sometimes I succeed, yesterday I did not.
The global accounting firm, Deloitte, is losing a bunch of money in Australia.
The Australian federal government hired Deloitte to produce a report certifying the legality, precision, efficiency, and general wonderfulness of certain Australian government operations. I think the fees were around a half million.
Deloitte proudly delivered the report and initially defended it when nonbelievers pointed out a few flaws. The footnotes didn't make sense. One of the sources for the report was a lofty tome that unfortunately doesn't actually exist. Legal citations were either inappropriate or whole cloth fiction. A quote from an Australian federal judge gave great credence to the report as long as you overlook the fact the judge didn't actually say what the Deloitte report claimed.
In other words, it was artificial intelligence pulling artificial facts out of its artificial rectum. How charming.
Two months ago, Deloitte released a YouTube video bragging about their work with AI, saying that before AI their processes were an impediment to achieving their ambitions (Deloitte's word).
Enter AI.
It's all mildly hilarious until you consider another fact, which makes the shameful tale extremely hilarious.
The government function the report analyzed favorably was an automated welfare violations system.
Deloitte's AI, in what could be the world's first case of cross platform artificial conspiracy, praised Australia's AI.
I hope I never have to give a briefing at work about Deloitte's various scandals.
The company's full name is Deloitte and Touche. I can't help it. My spooneristic snark reflex kicks in and all I see is Toilet and Douche.
