{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Accounting Podcast","title":"Can AI Replace “Thought Leaders”? A 2026 Reality Check","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/af02d204\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3033,"description":"Think AI will free you from ‘mundane bookkeeping’ so you can do advisory? Blake and David say it’s the opposite. Hear how owners already use AI as a de facto CFO, why drafting narratives—not matching bank feeds—is the real win, what the ‘AI premium’ means in a billable-hour world, and the two numbers firm owners should track in 2026: monthly recurring revenue and bottom-line profit.\nChapters\n \n\nShow Notes\nThese Small-Business Owners Are Putting AI to Good Use\nhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/small-business-ai-chatgpt-prompts-0c9a95c4\n \nAI Thought Leaders Survey 2026: Process Predictions\nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/ai-thought-leaders-survey-2026-process-predictions\n \nTech Spending Outpacing People Spending as Firms Adopt AI\nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/tech-spending-outpacing-people-spending-as-firms-adopt-ai\n \nHow Much is the 'AI Premium?' \nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/how-much-is-the-ai-premium\n \nAI Can't Replace Accountants. When Could It? \nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/ai-cant-replace-accountants-when-could-it\n \nAccounting in 2026: The Year Ahead in Numbers\nhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/list/accounting-in-2026-the-year-ahead-in-numbers\n \nAI Vending Machine Lost $1,000 to Social Engineering\nhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ai-claude-vending-machine-c7baef6f\n \nAnthropic's Project Vend Phase 2 \nhttps://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-2\n \nTrump Commutes Sentence of Private Equity CEO Convicted of Fraud\nhttps://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/david-gentile-trump-pardon\n \nTrump Commutes 7-Year Prison Sentence of Former Private Equity CEO David Gentile\nhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-commutes-7-year-prison-sentence-former-private-equity-ceo-david-rcna246744\n \nCalifornia's Controversial Wealth Tax Proposal Leaves Billionaires With Little Way Out\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/california-wealth-tax-proposal-leaves-billionaires-with-little-way-out.html\n \nCalifornia Could Impose a Billionaire Tax. Here's How...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BBmKVcKOQ6x_m3yMMvg6kZR2Y9d_FKTdVd0Ofv-4fhw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxNzMvMTY4OTYx/NzY3MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}