The AI did his tax bookkeeping. Five hours of invoice checks took one.

He had the AI do bookkeeping for his taxes, checking invoices from the past 6 months. A job that used to take him 5 hours took 1 hour, though he still had to check the results himself.

How it works

Hands the AI 6 months of invoices
The AI checks them for his tax bookkeeping
He reviews the results himself
The job takes 1 hour instead of 5

Why it’s worth knowing

Six months of invoices got checked in an hour, and the only part left for him was checking what the AI produced.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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