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> Likewise for the legal profession, if all judges made twice the number of mistakes, how much would the world suffer?

Is this hyperbole? It seems like the real question being asked here is "would the world be worse off without deterministic checks and balances", which I think most people would agree is true, no?

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I read it as assuming the deterministic checks and balances are already absent. We have the illusion of determinism but, in practice, audits (and justice) are mostly theatre as it is.

From that perspective, lowering the quality of something that is already non-rigourous might not have any perceivable effect. It’s only a problem if public perception lowers, but that’s a marketing issue that the big-4 already have a handle on.

They don’t though. Marketing hits reality all the time. The Big 4 will survive, but you can only gaslight people for so long.

The all-in on AI shows a lack of imagination around innovation.

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