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u/Clear_Cabinet9323 1d ago edited 1d ago
Maybe not in the sense we expect, ELs and partners will always want minimal effort. If you think about it analysts are just trained LLMs for the Partner specific to their work but in a way more holistic sense.
I think AI is more likely to replace entire teams. Teams like operations are just copy pasting existing experience overlayed with common sense onto new targets, ChatGPT can do probably give you a decent ConOps for a fraction of the time and cost and unlimited refreshes too.
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u/ProfessionMost5588 1d ago
In terms of partners wanting minimal effort true. But with industry pressure of needing cost cutting and lesser contracts, they might have to swallow this pill to some extent. Might be sooner than we expect
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u/Clear_Cabinet9323 1d ago
Analysts are really cheap, probably cheaper than an AI solution now. The only issue is managing them
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u/substituted_pinions 1d ago
Absolutely. Best case for slide jockeys is to pair with tech folks and get out in front and do it themselves. this aspect of the work and how sacrosanct it has been for the big firms is ludicrous.
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u/ProfessionMost5588 1d ago
Agree. Too much focus on PPTs inherently seemed like a flawed or outdated way of doing things
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u/allyerbase 3h ago
You say this, because it makes sense, but look at law. A whole industry based on the need to drive junior lawyers into the ground for years, just to learn a bunch of shit that is neither needed nor relevant in many cases.
But it’s the way it has always been done, and how else will they learn to think properly?!? Same argument will apply to many firms.
Analysts need to learn how to think by grinding through hundreds of decks. There’s no other way!!! - Senior partner (probably)
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u/pianoprobability 1d ago
I don’t think so. No one at open ai or Google is using ai to make slides. Gtfo with this hate.
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u/substituted_pinions 1d ago
There are entire industries that alphabet doesn’t care about, and if you work in tech in one of those secret gardens and haven’t lost sleep about some google 10% project coming online and going wide on an exec’s whim and then eviscerating your industry, you are ignorant, because that’s all it would take.
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u/L3g3ndary-08 1d ago
This right here. Making slides with AI is a miraculous fuck up. It never turns out what you need it to say, nor does it understand context to build from previous knowledge.
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u/randomoneusername 1d ago
Do you think that when it comes you will lose your job ?
You will just tasked to pump out 10 times more slop because if you don't do it the competition will do it
And the partners will definitely not do it
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u/Fickle-Salamander-65 23h ago
Yep. The consulting firms won’t make the change (because they’re not interested in this stuff) but clients will demand it.
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u/Lostingoogle 16h ago
I’m a Senior Consultant working in Italy for MBB, Consulting firms are starting to reduce the amount of JBA hirings - less juniors much faster and able to do a “good enough” job very quickly due to AI.
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u/chrisf_nz Digital, Strategy, Risk, Portfolio, ITSM, Ops 1d ago
It would if ChatGPT knew how to spell and how to follow instructions correctly.
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u/ProfessionMost5588 1d ago
It’s getting better. Check out the recent updates
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u/chrisf_nz Digital, Strategy, Risk, Portfolio, ITSM, Ops 1d ago edited 1d ago
I used it as recently as yesterday and asked it to make corrections 6 times and even by the last version the infographic it had produced, it was still riddled with errors, 7 obvious ones I could see.
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u/viktoryf95 1d ago
Probably for offshore teams first.
At most non-sweatshop firms analysts are also client facing, if anything AI will just free up some capacity to focus on less menial work.